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Monday, June 1, 2009 12:03 PM
Original article: Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments from Franken, Coleman

MN nice

As a fairly recent transplant to the Twin Cities I whole heartedly agree with the translation of MN Nice as passive aggressive. While I do think the recount process has been done fairly and openly here, Minnesotans are incredibly passive aggressive and are generally not accepting of anything that comes from outside the state. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the Germanic and Scandinavian heritage, but the long, grey, depressing winters seems to put a mean streak in people too, especially in the pasty white ‘burbs.

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