Minnesota and the art of ‘please’

The next time someone wants to know what it means to be Minnesotan, you may refer them to this tweet from the West St. Paul Police Department.

Plows are out! We HAVE NOT issued a snow emergency but if you happen to live on a snow emergency route, happen to be up, happen to see this message, and happen to want to move your car – we would really appreciate it! pic.twitter.com/0CmHJxPYcg

— West St. Paul Police (@WestStPaulPD) December 5, 2017

One commenter indicated she/he had happened to move his/her truck to Arizona.

That’s oh so Minnesota too!

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.