Des Moines is better than Minneapolis

[woodyk1]

 

[okeefe4prez]

What dat? If it's in Murderapolis I bet it is a joy to wait outside for that in Mid-January and then board it and be greeted with air full of hundreds of strains of the cold virus, some of which are only slightly less harmful to humans than the Ebola virus. Pass. I'll take my '91 LeSabre over that any day.

 

[woodyk1]

 

[okeefe4prez]

What the heck is that? The Fortress of Solitude? Looks cold.

 

[woodyk1]

What the heck is that? The Fortress of Solitude? Looks cold.

Photos: Ice Castle opening on New Year's Eve | Minnesota in Photos | Minnesota Public Radio News

 

[okeefe4prez]

Okay, so if I want to watch a pro football team that is marginally worse than Alabama or a roughly AAA baseball team, and in each case pay hundreds of dollars to take a family of 4 to the game, Minneapolis is better than Des Moines. Anyone else got ANY other reason that Minneapolis is better? I guess it would be advantageous living there if I wanted to go on Iowa message boards and brag about the Minneapolis area MSA relative to the Des Moines area MSA, but is there anything else besides that?

 

[EarlSlick]

Okay, so if I want to watch a pro football team that is marginally worse than Alabama or a roughly AAA baseball team, and in each case pay hundreds of dollars to take a family of 4 to the game, Minneapolis is better than Des Moines. Anyone else got ANY other reason that Minneapolis is better? I guess it would be advantageous living there if I wanted to go on Iowa message boards and brag about the Minneapolis area MSA relative to the Des Moines area MSA, but is there anything else besides that?

Cooler summers.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Photos: Ice Castle opening on New Year's Eve | Minnesota in Photos | Minnesota Public Radio News

This is derp of epic proportions.

Derp, I'm so stupid that I'd rather run the clock out in this here Ice Castle than in Arizona or Florida. Oh wait, I'm also a prole who can't afford to move down there because I wasted all of my money paying taxes in Minnesota so we could get another hockey team after the Northstars left. Plus, the lutefisk in Arizona is just turrble.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

Des Moines is trying to get funding to build the largest skate board park in the country. And Ankeny's is totally tops. Also, no where near as many rogue lakes to accidentally drive into.

 

[EarlSlick]

lutefisk - because nothing is quite as tasty as raw fish pickled in lye.

 

[okeefe4prez]

A brilliant Minnesotan warms her hands on an outdoor firepit outside the Ice Castle in this December 2012 stock photo. She commented, "warming my hands in the same manner as a hobo does makes me feel morally superior to the idiots in Iowa nestled in their cozy houses that cost half as much as mine for the same amenities and square footage."

 

[OLWPAORWWM]

Okay, so if I want to watch a pro football team that is marginally worse than Alabama or a roughly AAA baseball team, and in each case pay hundreds of dollars to take a family of 4 to the game, Minneapolis is better than Des Moines. Anyone else got ANY other reason that Minneapolis is better? I guess it would be advantageous living there if I wanted to go on Iowa message boards and brag about the Minneapolis area MSA relative to the Des Moines area MSA, but is there anything else besides that?

Let's talk in three years when those Minneproles are shelling out $500 a year to watch The L.A. Vikings on NFL Sunday Ticket.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Let's talk in three years when those Minneproles are shelling out $500 a year to watch The L.A. Vikings on NFL Sunday Ticket.

Dere's a lot of lakes in LA, eh hoser? Oooofffda.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Hey OLWPAORWWM​the Cowboys are on da line and want to trade us Herschel Walker for half of our team and 8 high draft picks. Sounds like a good deal, I think I'll take it.

 

[woodyk1]

 

[EarlSlick]

Hey OLWPAORWWM​the Cowboys are on da line and want to trade us Herschel Walker for half of our team and 8 high draft picks. Sounds like a good deal, I think I'll take it.

That had to be the stupidest trade of all time.

 

[docholihawk]

The security lines at Des Moines International are shorter. Time is money. I'd much rather pay the premium and not have to wait an hour for my TSA fondling.

And the Vikings are awful, plus, I'd rather watch NFL on TV than go to the games and be surrounded by drunken morons. Enjoy grasping your ankles while the billionaires in the NFL extract their pound of flesh out of the taxpayers to build their new playground for the rich, err, NFL stadium. You guys are so smart I'm surprised the average head size in Minneapolis isn't twice as big as the average head size in Iowa. Gee, I sure wish the rubes in Iowa were smart enough to extend a bunch of taxpayer financing and tax breaks to build a stadium that will host 8 regular season games per year.

Don't forget exhibition games. I don't think they'll have to worry about playoff games this year anyway.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Don't forget exhibition games. I don't think they'll have to worry about playoff games this year anyway.

Totally forgot about those. And access to open practices. If Minnesota ever drafts any players from Iowa, I've heard you can go to the practices in late summer wearing Iowa gear and get autographs.

 

[docholihawk]

Minnesota, the land of10,000 lakes. Is it true that every time a dog takes a whiz they name it a lake?

 

[docholihawk]

Totally forgot about those. And access to open practices. If Minnesota ever drafts any players from Iowa, I've heard you can go to the practices in late summer wearing Iowa gear and get autographs.

You betcha!