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Author Topic: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?  (Read 2482 times)

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What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« on: January 16, 2008, 01:46:27 PM »

Some of you may know this already, but by getting married, I acquired a complete extended family who reside in the Land of 10,000 (3 foot deep) Lakes.  We go up there every 2 years or so, and every time it is 5 days of partying.  They drink with their meals, they drink when they party, they party for any reason at all, and then they drink in the morning to feel better from the night of drinking.  Last time was for a wedding, and there were at least 40 cases of beer, and something like 10 kegs, not counting the cash bar at the reception.  I calculated the keggage after the fact, so take that for what it's worth.  It was really a blur.   

Now, they SAY that it's not always like that, and we just happen to come on occasions that call for a week of shitfacery, but I know that at least a few of you people are from there, so I want the real story.  What's it like when I'm not around?
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 01:49:53 PM »

Demo is from Minnesota and he's always drunk off his ass.
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 02:48:35 PM »

Pretty much.
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 03:06:53 PM »

Zorgon is from there too or his family is or something.

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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 03:39:39 PM »

That is not for us to know. Who are we to question the creator if he/she sees fit to make an entire area of people alcoholics? Nature is too beautiful to question. On a related issue, mary-jane kicks the crap out of alcohol.
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 04:45:29 PM »

Oh and when my former employer had steakhouses in Minnesota, they had the highest Beverage checks in the chain.

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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 04:46:15 PM »

Does Beverage Checks mean sales of booze?
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 05:13:49 PM »

On a related issue, mary-jane kicks the crap out of alcohol.

Wrong.
« Last Edit: January 16, 2008, 05:20:03 PM by Leonidas »
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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2008, 05:26:03 PM »

Does Beverage Checks mean sales of booze?

Yep.

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Re: What's Minnesota like during the other ~700 days?
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2008, 06:31:41 PM »

Oh and when my former employer had steakhouses in Minnesota, they had the highest Beverage checks in the chain.

I used to go to the local one here in St. Cloud with my former coworkers for drinks after work pretty regularly, and the bar in that place was always hoppin', so I can easily believe that.
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