When someone says, "Oh, you're from Minnesota, do you know so-and-so?" there's no question…of course you do.

'Yeshiva' is defined as a public school with enough Jews that they give you the High Holidays off.

You are the only non-blond outside of your immediate family.

You have to move to a different state before you encounter men that are shorter than you. Even the (3) Jewish boys in Minnesota are tall!

All of your friends are busy on Christmas Eve. And Wednesday nights.

You know every person in the movie theater on Christmas Day.

It's "Uffda!" not "Oy vey!"

When people ask what religion you are, they mean Catholic or Lutheran?

There is none of this dating only people who believe in the same height mechitzah as you, who don't go by the same certain hashgachas as you, who only learned under certain rabbis, etc. …if he is Jewish, he's perfect.

If your date's cousin's dog groomer's step-sister is Jewish, your parents already want him as a son-in-law.

You are not allowed to join the cheerleading/football/hockey (really insert any sport) team, not because they practice on shabbos, but because your parents think it is a "goyish" activity.

You give up something for Lent because of peer pressure.

When the first group breaks off of the shul to start their own, you finally have a real community.

Not only do you know what lutefisk and lefse are, you know that they are kosher.

You are blacklisted from the neighborhood play group at age 5 because you said there was no such thing as Santa Claus.

People ask if your family moved to Minnesota for chinuch purposes.

Walk to shul? It's over 5 miles to your nearest neighbor! (Just kidding.)