Wise Wednesday

Darlings! The Baroness is on the run - Jeeves must get me to the tarmac as I fly at some completely uncivilized hour, off to the Land of One Thousand Lakes and Lutefisk. I do not know exactly what lutefisk is, but it sounds extremely full of the Na to the Cl and altogether nasty. I'll be giving it a pass, thank you very much. But please, don't let me stop you - have seconds if you'd like.

I thought it would be good manners to learn a little bit more about the fair state of MN other than it is home to The Mall of Umuur-ka. While the old me would have considered this enough, the new me is on a quest for knowledge. Here's what I know so far:

1. The shape of the state looks like Spongebob Squarepants with a bite taken out of it (no doubt from some mutant lutefisk...)
2. The name "Minnesota" is based on the Dakota Sioux word for "sky-tinted water".

3. State Motto: L'Etoile du Nord (Star of the North - too awkward for hockey team name)

4. State Fish: Walleye (this is not, apparently, an insult in Fishworld)

(note how the eye follows you everywhere)

5. State Tree: Norway Pine

(most have the initials O+L 4Ever carved into the bark; only 13 do not)

6. State Muffin: Blueberry (how can you not love that?)

7. State Flower: Ladyslipper (and we know how the Baroness feels about shoes...)

Magnifique, non?

8. State Drink: Milk ( Ho hum. I was hoping for something a little more spirited)

9. State Fruit:

(I call him "Honeycrisp Apple")