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Tag: Minnesota Nice

Sports

Vikings fans turn off a visitor from New Orleans

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2017, 8:20 AM Sep 13, 2017
61

The other day I attended my “interview” with the committee organizing volunteers to put a nice face on Minnesota when the Super Bowl is held in Minneapolis at the end of the NFL season, which started here Monday night when the Vikings played the New Orleans Saints. The goal is to send people away thinking Read more →

Crime and Justice

An ex-con discovers ‘Minnesota Nice’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2016, 8:01 AM Aug 17, 2016
48

He acknowledges in his op-ed in the Star Tribune today that his bar for ‘nice’ is pretty low; he came to accept the rudeness of prison as normal… almost nice.

Still, he writes today, Minnesota is pretty nice for a person trying for a second chance. Read more →

When is it too early to mow your lawn?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 14, 2015, 6:48 AM Jul 14, 2015
44

We don’t recommend violence against anyone, but, truthfully, we at least have some understanding for those doing something stupid while battling an invasive species in Minnesota — the guy who mows his lawn early in the morning.

Listen to me, Minnesota. Seven in the morning is too early to mow your lawn!
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People doing good

Minnesotans unwelcoming? Tell it to Shonda

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2015, 12:47 PM Apr 27, 2015
3

If there’s one constant in Minnesota, it’s the debate over whether we’re a welcoming people.

It’s hard to make friends here, the theory goes. We’re a little cold and a little distant and you can grow old waiting for an invitation to dinner from the neighbors.

Tell it to Shonda. Read more →

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