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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: North Dakota
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:44:21 EDT
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OK, since North Dakota was mentioned in a recent posting, I'll go ahead
and ask this: in the last PHC, from Red Wing (are the shoes made there,
by the way?), Garrison got a big laugh when he used the phrase "skiing
North Dakota" (or close to that) as an example of something not too
desirable. Can anyone explain this? Is it just that ND is flat or
something like that? (if so, cross-country skiing should be fine; I
would think that ND gets plenty snow...) So what was so funny about that
bit?

(I've seen posters for "Ski Missouri" that show some guy on skis in a
snow-less pasture studded with cowpats; is this just the same sort of
mild joke? I only ask because the audience reaction seemed overly much.)

Regards, Will

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