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    <body><![CDATA[What I've noticed about this book..and it's reviews...are that the people who aren't rating it very high...and saying it's 'really not that funny'...likely aren't from Minnesota and not presently living in Minnesota.  <br/><br/>That being said, I read this book and pretty much laughed my ass off t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76171971">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An offshoot of the glory days of &quot;Prairie Home Companion,&quot; this book purports to explain Minnesota culture to the rest of the country.   It is subtitled &quot;A Visitor's Guide,&quot; and gives examples of local idiom.  The humor is not laugh-aloud funny, but more in a gentle style.  Still...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69540112">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When this book came out I bought one for a great aunt, three aunts, my grandma nd my mother all born and.or raised Minnesotan. I laughed so much. Although I was never raised in Minnesota (I have visited and still have relatives there) the things my mom and grandma and aunts would say are so bang on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81126037">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I gave this 3 stars because some of it was pretty funny... then I got to thinking that what I thought was funny wasn't all THAT funny and just okay.  So, now 2 stars is what it gets.  Maybe you just have to be from Minnesota in order to get this humor, hmmm....]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a friend gave me this-always cracks me up.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really cute book. A very dear friend of mine moved to Minniapolis four months ago and brought this home for me on a recent visit. The book is so funny because it's so true! The author, Howard Mohr, has written for A Prairie Home Companion, if that gives you an idea of his humor. I am reall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3692214">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the shit and is 100% accurate about Minnesotan behavior.<br/><br/>Some might be tempted to disparage its portrayal of Minnesotans as backwater hicks, but I say, that's not so bad.  After all, it's the truth.  Pass the bars.<br/><br/>P.S., the hotdish recipe actually works; I've made...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11933432">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hilarious! If you are from Minnesota, have ever lived in Minnesota, or know anybody from Minnesota, it is something you will want to check out.<br/><br/>Here's to the &quot;Minnesota Ice&quot; ....errr.....ummm....I mean the &quot;Minnesota Nice&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My friends gave me this book right before I went off to college in Minnesota.  I read the book and thought it was pretty funny, but quickly discovered how true a lot of is was once I was there.  Which, of course, made it even funnier.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A visitor's guide to everything you need to know about this great State. Even if you're from Minnesota, it wouldn't hurt you to learn a thing or two. You'll be able to relate and laugh out loud.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious. I'm a MN from birth through grade school. This book reminds me of my distant relatives now.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Based in part on material written for &quot;A Prairie Home Companion,&quot; How to Talk Minnesotan will help visitors to Minnesota keep from sticking out like sore thumbs when they don't know the difference between &quot;not too bad a deal&quot; and &quot;a heckuva deal.&quot; Illustrated with line drawings.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A necessary read for anyone who has visited or lived in Minnesota. HILARIOUS!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious and quite accurate]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How true,how true!]]></body>
    
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