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Add your input at the bottom of the list.  It will be added as soon as possible.  We just might have a voting page for selection of the top entries to be announced at the celebration.  Could there be a prize involved?

You Know You're a Fairdalian if ......

".... your peripheral vision is good enough to see both ends of main street at the same time while standing in front of the post office."

".... you know when your neighbors lawnmower is low on gas."

".... you heard 'hassen go r deh mid-day e dog' and answered 'bought a bra' at least three times this year."

".... you know the two words that come after 'green and white, __ , __ ! '

".... you know how to roller-skate."

".... you know the author of 'Yeepers Kreepers'"

".... your favorite beverage is still coffee"

".... you know spring is here for sure if Julius Melius returns to the bum bench in front of the hardware."

".... you remember the Bull Dogs."

".... you know who is missing from Church on a Sunday morning."

".... you can name every dog in town."

".... you could name every one in your class."

".... you are still close friends with those you went to grade school with because you were all such great friends!"

".... you attended annual Syttende Mai celebrations, St. Patrick's Day card parties, etc. hosted by the greatest little Irishwoman that ever lived!"

".... your co-workers, friends, and spouse just don't understand why Syttende Mai is such an important day."

".... in 1977 you were a FIRST GRADE boy and were still invited and accepted to be a member of the boy's basketball team."

".... you are looking at this web site."

".... you say uff-da at least once every day!"

".... you had a Grandma Verke and you weren't blood related."

".... you remember Barney O'Laughlin's run for U.S. Senate."

".... you remember Carl Allen pitching for Fairdale."

".... Luther League lasted forever on skating night."

".... in grade school there were more cheerleaders than boy basketball players."

".... first and third avenues are on the edge of town."

".... you drive in the ditch 5 miles out of town and word reaches town before you do."

".... you can't walk for exercise because every car that passes offers you a ride."

".... you know they serve potato dumplings every Thursday @ the Fairdale Cafe."

".... you played run-sheep-run during the long summer evenings."

".... you learned English in the first grade and still have a Norwegian accent."

".... you stayed overnight in Michigan,ND when you played in a girls basketball game, because it was so far away."

".... you partied with Wayne, a yellow horse with brown mane and tail who at one time was kidnapped and held for ransom.  His picture on the milk carton and his owner’s total cooperation with the kidnappers’ outrageous demands are credited with saving his life and eventually returning him to his home."

".... you know that every dog may have a last name but it’s not required to use it for them to receive mail.  A simple “Gypsy, Fairdale ND” will do."

".... you've been inside every house in town."

".... you went to most of the shows on Thursday nignt."

".... you laid under a street light by Dike's barn and told ghost stories on warm summer evenings."

".... you remember the Grandy boys hanging out in Andy's grocery store."

".... you remember mud vacations in the spring."

".... you ever hung out at Verke's Cafe."

".... you slid down the coal chute to get into the Sons of Norway Hall to play basketball. The place was so cold the ball hardly bounced!"

".... you played hopscotch on the side walks of main street."

".... you played 'twenty questions' on the bum bench in front of the cafe."

".... you played basketball behind the school in a snow storm."

".... you were a member of a girls state champion basketball team."

".... you remember decorating for the school carnival."

".... you never went potty until you got to school where it was warm."

".... you are at the Fairdale Cafe Thursdays for potato dumplings."

".... BC means before casino."

".... you remember 3 outstanding baton twirlers from the late 40's and early 50's."

".... you could get out of school to pick potatoes(before potato picking machines.)"

".... you had your senior picture taken at Cooper's Studio in Grand Forks."

".... you had your confirmation picture taken at Hultstrand's studio in Park River."

".... you didn't learn English until you started the first grade and you still speak with a Norwegian accent."

".... you can dial a wrong number and still talk to whoever answered the phone for a half hour or longer."

".... you rode to school in a covered wagon type bus on a sleigh in the winter ."

".... you remember going to the pump for drinking water."

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