And Now I Present, "MN Nice Also Means MN Sarcasm" [a rousing morning conversation between my co-worker and I after he noticed a MN Nice sticker I had put on my nameplate that hangs outside my office door.]
CJ: what is "min nice" mean?
Me: CJ, you graduated high school, right?
CJ: yeah
Me: ok, you know which state MN stands for right?
CJ: yeah, Minnesota
Me: Ok, then.
CJ: so, is that the shape of the state?
Me: Dude. Yes, it is.
CJ: “yahh… sure, betcha” ? What is that?
Me: *stares with an eyetwitch* It’s like a saying there. I’m from there, it’s funny to me.
CJ: Oh. Ok
Me: You know who Atmosphere is, right?
CJ: a rapper?
Me: A duo, but yeah – a rapper and a dj/producer, Slug and Ant. Anwyays, this is something they play on – the whole MN Nice thing. *I proceed to tell him about Fifth Element and the other tshirts I wanted but decided on some others instead, etc *
CJ: Oh, cool.
Me: But seriously, you’ve never heard of MN Nice or what?
CJ: well yeah, but I didn’t know what your sticker was all about.
Me: and you really didn’t know that was the shape of the state?
CJ: No, it’s never been relevant.
Me: well, it’s relevant now. You know me.
CJ: I had a girlfriend from MN, I visited it once.
Me: Dude! C’mon now…
CJ: yeah, and I learned that girls from MN are mean when you don’t understand or recognize stuff like that *points to my nameplate *
Me: hahahaha yeah, that’s cuz we were all raised too nice and when we left, we learned that the world is full of assholes and we had to get thicker skin.
CJ: hahahaha yeah.
