Now you can learn the TRUTH why they are so proficient with computers in Minnesota.



Minnesotan's Guide to Computer Lingo:



1. BYTE: how Lena stops Ole's advances.

2. LOG ON: dats how ya make da vood stove hotter.

3. LOG OFF: vhat Sven vas trying to do vhen he burnt his hands terrible.

4. MONITOR: keep an eye on da vood stove.

5. MEGAHERTZ: ven a big log drops on your foot.

6. COMPACT DISK: vhat ya get from lifting logs dat's too heavy.

7. FLOPPY DISK: vhat da lefse looks like vhen it's cooked yust right.

8. RAM: da hydraulic ting dat makes da voodsplitter vork.

9. DRIVE: how you get home ven da snow's not too deep.

10. HARD DRIVE: dat's vhen you're going to Dalute vhen da snow's deep.

11. PROMPT: vhat ya vish da mail vas during da snow season.

12. ENTER: vhen ya come on in!

13. WINDOWS: vhat ya shut vhen it gets 10 below out.

14. SCREEN: vaht ya gotta have in blackfly season.

15. CHIP: vhat ya munch on during da Vikings game.

16. MICROCHIP: vhat's left in da bottom of da bag vhen da big ones are gone.

17. MODEM: vhat ve did to da hayfields last yuly.

18. DOT MATRIX: Lars Matrix's vife.

19. LAPTOP: vhere da grandkids sit.

20. KEYBOARD: vher ya suppose to put da keys so da Missus can find em.

21. SOFTWARE: da plastic picnic utinsils.

22. HARDWARE: vhen da missus starches da undervare.

23. MOUSE: vhat leaves dem turds in da cupboard.

24. MAINFRAME: da part of da outhouse dat holds up da roof.

25. SERIAL PORT: vhere da vheaties come from by boat to Dalute

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