Minnesota jokes

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The toilet seat was invented in Minnesota... Twenty years later a
South Dakotan invented the hole in it.
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OUTHOUSE PROBLEMS
When Ole accidentally lost 50 cents in the outhouse, he immediately threw in his watch and billfold. He explained, 'I'm not going down dere yust for 50 cents!"

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VE COULDN'T AFFORD MORE
Two Norwegians from Minnesota went fishing in Canada and returned with only one fish. 'The way I figger it, dat fish cost us $400' said the first Norwegian.
'Vell,' said the other one, 'At dat price it's a good ting ve didn't
catch any more.'

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THE RELATIONS

Ole and Lena were getting on in years. Ole was 92 and Lena was 89.
One evening they were sitting on the porch in their rockers and Ole
reached over and patted Lena on her knee. ' Lena , vat ever happened
tew our sex relations?' He asked.
'Vell, Ole, I yust don't know,' replied Lena . 'I don't tink ve even
got a card from dem last Christmas.'
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MUSIC SOLUTION

Ole bought Lena a piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, Lars
inquired how she was doing with it.
'Oh,' said Ole, 'I persvaded her to svitch to a clarinet.' 'How come?'
asked Lars.
'Vell,' Ole answered, 'because vith a clarinet, she can't sing.
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THE PRANK CALL

The phone rings in the middle of the night when Ole and Lena are in bed and Ole answers. 'Vell how da heck should I know, dats two tousand miles from here' he says and hangs up.
'Who vas dat?' asks Lena .
'I donno, some fool vanting to know if da coast vas clear.’
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HONEYMOON TRIP

On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena 's knee. Giggling, Lena said, 'Ole, you can go farther dan dat if you vant to.
So Ole drove to Duluth.
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.....Ole and Lena jokes are standard Norwegian jokes...problem for me is my dad's name was Ole and he had a sister named Lina (at least it wasn't Lena!)