Hot dish just costs more than casserole and duck, duck, grey-duck is far more expensive than duck, duck, goose.

Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".

/grey-duck!

Fallout Zone: Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".
This

Fallout Zone:
/grey-duck!
And that.

Average household income in Manhattan is about 100K per year, or more than twice that of the average US household. So if the study didn't adjust for that it would appear that Manhattanites are actually spending less of their income on toys.

FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

Nieces and nephews love chocolate-covered coffee beans, drum sets, and police whistles.

/right before they go home.

gopher321: That's a lot of dead and rotting children, subby. Who's killing these kids??? WHOOOOO??????

Seriously. Hasn't anyone heard of freezers?

so basically any city with "Fort" in it's name

Arkanaut: Average household income in Manhattan is about 100K per year, or more than twice that of the average US household. So if the study didn't adjust for that it would appear that Manhattanites are actually spending less of their income on toys.

Gonna say. Do they actually adjust for the fact things cost more in cities?

And Minnesota.....yeah, no.

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Hot dish just costs more than casserole and duck, duck, grey-duck is far more expensive than duck, duck, goose.


Is there a 'duck, duck, grey goose'?

Snarfangel: FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

Nieces and nephews love chocolate-covered coffee beans, drum sets, and police whistles.

/right before they go home.

I can't wait until the neighbor's kid is old enough to weed whack over the bank behind the hedge at his house and finds his entire childhood of loud toys has been chucked there. By me. When non one was looking.

Oh, you want a screwdriver to take apart that electronic ray-gun to wee how it works? Here you go kid.

Fallout Zone: Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".

/grey-duck!

The last time my boyfriend and I got into a fight it was over 'grey-duck' versus 'goose'.

/grey-duck!

Englebert Slaptyback: Is there a 'duck, duck, grey goose'?

 

/this is Minnesota after all - little to do in the winters

Maybe the parents hear that "...all the children are above average" line on the radio enough times that they start to act on it.

phaseolus: Maybe the parents hear that "...all the children are above average" line on the radio enough times that they start to act on it.

Damn. Beat me to the Lake Wobegon reference.

The rich kids will be flummoxed when they get told "no" out in the real world, beyond the money bubble.

If this is an annoying toy thread my mom had me take a knife to one of my brothers. It was an inflatable dolphin hammer thing that both jingled and squeaked when you hit it. I destroyed it with a gusto.

Snarfangel: FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

Nieces and nephews love chocolate-covered coffee beans, drum sets, and police whistles.

/right before they go home.

I gave my nephew a bow and arrow set for his birthday. My sis was not happy.

Couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that I pay more for my infant's part-time daycare than I do for my rent, now would it?

/Twin Citian
//broke as hell

Miami is believable. A few years ago, a kid got a Corvette as a birthday present when he turned 16 or 17, and prompted destroyed it while drag racing. His parents were ready to buy him another one.

I thought everybody in Minnesota was Lutheran and therefore humble to a fault.

Pants full of macaroni!!: I thought everybody in Minnesota was Lutheran and therefore humble to a fault.

odd .. around here (WNY) Lutherans are known for heavy drinking and being swingers ....

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Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".

/This is how I know you're not from around here...

Is one of the Twin Cities more successful and attractive than the other?b04155: Snarfangel: FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

Nieces and nephews love chocolate-covered coffee beans, drum sets, and police whistles.

/right before they go home.

I gave my nephew a bow and arrow set for his birthday. My sis was not happy.



/obligatory

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Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".

/This is how I know you're not from around here...

I'm afraid to ask what the differences are, but I must know.

FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

I always figured if my sister had a kid it would either save tue world or destroy it. But now she's having twins, so both I guess.

I'll have to make a construction paper goatee for one of them so we can tell them apart. Think the maternity ward would let a new uncle tape something to an infant?

thatboyoverthere: If this is an annoying toy thread my mom had me take a knife to one of my brothers. It was an inflatable dolphin hammer thing that both jingled and squeaked when you hit it. I destroyed it with a gusto.

Dude, you dropped an important apostrophe.

Zarquon's Flat Tire: FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

I always figured if my sister had a kid it would either save tue world or destroy it. But now she's having twins, so both I guess.e can tell them apart. Think the maternity ward would let a new uncle tape something to an infant?

A twin and an anti-twin? Don't ever let them come in contact! 

I suggest magnetic containment.

Pants full of macaroni!!: I thought everybody in Minnesota was Lutheran and therefore humble to a fault.

Makes about as much sense as saying everybody in New York is a Jew. So yeah, I'll go with it. I need sloppy reasoning practice to keep up with the campaigns anyway.

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Minneapolis at +46% and St. Paul at -56% inspires a lot of confidence in this "study".

/This is how I know you're not from around here...

I'm afraid to ask what the differences are, but I must know.

The really self-absorbed pricks live in Minneapolis. St. Paul has always had a more working-class vibe. Grittier and more 'real' than Minneapolis on average, but not as prone to extremes of luxury and poverty.

Stereotypes (and their underlying truths) aside, the massive reported disparity between the two adjacent cities clearly shows the "study" is completely worthless.

/One of us.

Surprised it didn't say north oaks Minnesota, tons of spoiled coonts there.

Came here for the grey-duck.

Way to represent!

I like living over the border but still within the "Greater Metro Area" of the Twin Cities. That way I get to enjoy the culture of Minneapolis and the relaxed attitude of Saint Paul, and I get to leave them both behind for the peace and quiet of rural life at home when I'm done!

Whoever said the PHC "all the children are above average" attitude has become real is correct. My anecdotal evidence of 12 years teaching college freshmen who are saying, "But I got As on all my papers in high school!" with increasing regularity says so!

Does Minneapolis include the entire west metro? If it doesn't I find this hard to believe because you know the peeps in Medina, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie are spending more than people in Minneapolis.

/Of course there is much more welfare in Minneapolis so maybe it makes up for it.

TwoLegit2Quit: Does Minneapolis include the entire west metro? If it doesn't I find this hard to believe because you know the peeps in Medina, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie are spending more than people in Minneapolis.

/Of course there is much more welfare in Minneapolis so maybe it makes up for it.

When you have everything paid for and the money you make on weed is tax free you can spoil your kids too I guess.

12k for the first year? I must be doing it wrong.

would be really difficult to surpass my little Jewish princess niece. If it's possible to detest the child of a close relative.... well I truly do detest her.... in fact, I hate all my farking inlaws.

Went to high school in bloomington, and totally believe this.

About 2/3 the student body were entitled arses because they are special because their parents make the $$$.

Is it better to be DINKs or Helicopter Parents?

Wife and I are DINKs by default and we can't stand the spoiled kids of heli-rents.

Zarquon's Flat Tire: FriarReb98: You forgot to mention "your brother/sister's kids," subby.

I always figured if my sister had a kid it would either save tue world or destroy it. But now she's having twins, so both I guess.

I'll have to make a construction paper goatee for one of them so we can tell them apart. Think the maternity ward would let a new uncle tape something to an infant?

Easier to cut off one's thumb.