Comments on: Fun Facts About the 50 States: North Dakota

By: 4of7

4of7 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:45:18 +0000

40 degrees below zero keeps the rif-raf out.
(seen printed on a T-shirt in a North Dakota souvenir shop years ago.)
Still true today.

By: rrb

rrb — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:44:52 +0000

Yeah, but we have OIL up the wazoo and tons of money!!! Please just don’t come here – I hear Chicago is fun. Maybe you should go there instead (but bring a bullet proof vest).

By: burt

burt — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:29:55 +0000

you left out a fun historical fact that explains so much about NDak. When George A. Custer was leaving Ft Abraham Lincoln, (across the Missouri from Bismark) in 1876, he told the townsfolk: “just play dumb ’til I get back.”

By: Bearcatty

Bearcatty — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:15:44 +0000

Little known fact:

Custer’s last words, “Well men, at least we don’t have to go back to Bismarck.”

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:35:14 +0000

Ooops.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:34:41 +0000

North Dakota? It's one of 10 states I've never visited. (Note that merely driving through a state constitutes a visitation.

By: Mxymaster

Mxymaster — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:10:04 +0000

Wait–the continent shaped like a sugar cone or the one shaped like a cake cone? Aaaaaaah, gotcha, Harvey.

Anyway, I sure am glad that the International Peace Garden has finally put an end to all those North Dakota-Manitoba wars.