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mac56

(17,566 posts) Thu Jun 11, 2020, 05:51 PM Jun 2020

A moment of hope

I live in a small Lake Wobegon-like town of about 3200 in east central Minnesota. Like many small MN towns, an elderly population and (unfortunately) quite red. This afternoon I was running an errand as an older gentleman glided up on his scooter. As I held the door for him I noticed his bright blue ball cap emblazoned with "FLUSH THE TURD NOVEMBER THIRD."

"I like your cap, sir," I said

"Thanks," he grinned. "I take some heat for it around town. You can't reason with some of the lunkheads around here."

Small town Minnesota. Some days it'll surprise you.