Thread: 2020 Texas Razor Meet

Originally Posted by spazola

I would make a Minnesotan joke, but there are too many of you.

Once there was a tour bus full of fine Minnesota women heading down into Iowa to visit Decorah. Now Decorah Iowa is known as the geographic center of Scandihoovia in the midwest and Luther College is famous for it's library collection. It's a hotbed of Norwegian expatriate culture. They have a genuine Gutenberg Bible that can be viewed. It's a massive work, heavy in the style of thick paper and printed pages one at a time. A rare piece.

Now in 1999, these elderly women were also proud of their political acumen. They'd helped elect Jesse Ventura to the governorship of Minnesota. One of them could not resist and spoke of this to the librarian saying, "Minnesota is such a great place. Look we elected a fine strong man as our new governor. I bet he could lift this bible easily."

The librarian, long suffering in the Lutheran tradition and a lifetime of such jibes, returned her opinion, "Ah yes Ma'am, but our governor can read it."