Posted on 03/15/2009 4:34:40 AM PDT by nuconvert
(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Feb. 24, 2002.)
My advice to aspiring humor columnists is: Never make fun of North Dakota. Because the North Dakotans will invite you, nicely but relentlessly, to visit, and eventually you'll have to accept. When you get there, they'll be incredibly nice to you, treating you with such warmth and hospitality that before long you feel almost like family. Then they will try to asphyxiate you with sewer gas.
I found this out when I went to Grand Forks, N.D., in January. I had made fun of Grand Forks and its sister city, East Grand Forks, Minn., for calling themselves the Grand Cities and declaring that they are ''where the earth meets the sky.'' (This turns out to be slightly inaccurate: Between the earth and the sky, there's a layer of really hard ice.)
I arrived at Grand Forks International Airport on a subzero Tuesday night. And that was inside the terminal. Outside it was much worse. I'm pretty sure wolves were stalking me as I staggered across the wind-whipped parking lot, wondering if there could be a colder place on the planet. Unfortunately, there was: the interior of my rental car, which had liquid oxygen on the seats.
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I have never found Barry funny, ever. I know there are people who think he is the bomb, but I don’t get his style of humorlessness.
But why are you posting some many of his old articles at once?
“I have never found Barry funny, ever. I know there are people who think he is the bomb, but I don’t get his style of humorlessness.”
Well, that’s too bad
“But why are you posting some many of his old articles at once?”
2 is “so many”? Maybe herein lies part of the explanation for the first part of your comment.
To answer your question: I have seriously fallen behind on my Dave Barry threads for my pong list, and decided to post 2 this morning.
Well, I enjoy Dave Barry and I’m enjoying these reprints.
Thanks for the laugh, I needed it this morning.
We drove across South Dakota in a blizzard a couple of weeks ago (we are particular dare devils that like to leave our vehicle running). From what I saw, the population seemed to be 18, and they all worked at the truck stops. Can’t imagine how cold North Dakota must be.
Thanks for posting the Dave Barry columns today - I enjoyed them.
1 - Please add me to your “Pong” list.
2 - Do you have the Dave Barry Column where his daughter attended the “Princess” theme party with the “Princess” Pinata?
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