...see about 5-6 people looking at car. Sticker on car reads "Experimental car: Do not wash" (car was old and filthy)
The people were talking about why somebody would use their car for an experiment like that. I thought "WTF"...are they serious??? I thought any second somebody in the group would say "HA!..we Gotcha!!"...No, they were serious.
Whoa!
Went into Cub foods...Get box of cereal and Equal and Milk...take to checkout...cereal was new brand/type...cereal does not ring up....cashier asks me if I know the price (My humor bell rings) I say 17 cents. Cashier gets REALLY pissed and said that that's a crime to lie about prices and blah, blah, blah. I'm standing there with my mouth open...
...still expecting a TV host to come out and say "We gotcha AGAIN!!" NO..She was serious and Pissed!
There's many other little stories with the same theme.
Soo..I learned that the people there are very educated and intelligent but take things VERY Lit-er-al.
Satire seems to go way, way over their head.
You know the thing about "Minnesota nice" Yeahhh..I didn't have the heart to tell them that it's a joke.
Ouch! 
I liked the people tho...the cold..not so much.
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