{"id":75,"date":"2008-12-13T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/minnesota-men-say-the-darndest.html"},"modified":"2008-12-13T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T11:12:34","slug":"minnesota-men-say-the-darndest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/minnesota-men-say-the-darndest.html","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Men Say the Darndest Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, men from Minnesota rank highly in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/mhlists\/nastiest_things_said_by_men\/index.php\">25 Meanest Things Ever Said by Men<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/mhlists\/smartest_things_said_about_fatherhood\/index.php\">11 Smartest Things Ever Said about Fatherhood<\/a>.&nbsp; Included in the lists, Minnesotans <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince\">Prince<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubert_Humphrey\">Hubert Humphrey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harmon_Killebrew\">Harmon Killebrew<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garrison_Keillor\">Garrison Keillor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IMHO, the moneyest quote comes not <i>from<\/i> a Minnesotan but <i>about<\/i> a Minnesotan:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&#8220;<b>He looks like a dwarf who&#8217;s been dipped in a bucket of pubic hair<\/b>.&#8221; <\/div>\n<div align=\"right\">&#8211;Boy George, on Prince<\/div>\n<p>HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secretsofthecity.com\/talk\/posts\/the-25-meanest-things-ever-said-by-man\">Secrets of the City<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, men from Minnesota rank highly in the 25 Meanest Things Ever Said by Men and the 11 Smartest Things Ever Said about Fatherhood.&nbsp; Included in the lists, Minnesotans Prince, Hubert Humphrey, Harmon Killebrew, and Garrison Keillor. 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