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DR Darke's avatar

Hey, I'm from SOUTH Dakota, on the Minnesota border, where half the people in the local phone book share my last name!

Apparently I'm distantly related to Lawrence Welk—but then again, so is nearly everybody in the Dakotas and Western Minnesota.

Ah, wunnerful, wunnerful!

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

So, pert near Minnesota

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Haven't heard that in about 163 years. Still as ignorant a saying as ever. Not you, the pert near part.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Gee, you don't look a day over 157 😘

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

WTF ? Steve , that ageist insult was unnecessary.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

My jerk father was a Minnesotan, he said "pert near " . I was raised in White Bear Lake from age 6 moths ( I was born in AZ ) to age 9

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Lisa59's avatar

That's funny!! 😂

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

My younger sisters & I would pretend we were The Lennon Sisters . 🎶 Sad movies always make me cry 🤣

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Dina's avatar

Boy, Lawrence got around!

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DR Darke's avatar

Well, Lawrence Welk started out as a jazz musician—

Yeah, I'm having a hard time processing that, too!

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