Shit Twin Cities People Say

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Taking a cue from the Internet, columnist Mo Perry gives a rundown of common Twin Cities phrases

"This is where they invented the Jucy Lucy," is a popular phrase in the Twin Cities.

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By: Mo Perry

On a recent evening, shortly after the release of the January issue of METRO in which I wrote a column on acquiring new shit in pursuit of a fancy new Feng Shui lifestyle, I received a text message from my father. It read: “Mo—no more ‘shit’ in your columns. 2 months in a row is too much.”

It was the closest he could come to washing his adult daughter’s mouth out with soap, and I felt appropriately chagrined about my potty mouth for a few minutes. Then I tweeted about it and got seven new followers, and I stopped feeling bad.

Shortly thereafter, the “Sh*t [insert specific group of people here] say” YouTube videos started blowing up, and you couldn’t get on Facebook without seeing a new one. When it occurred to me to write a blog post about this phenomenon, naturally I thought of Pa Perry. He is going to be deeply disappointed in the number of times I’m about to type the s-word. I’m sorry, Dad. But it is really not my fault.

First up, a brief list of some of my favorite videos of the “Shit people say” genre:

Shit Girls Say (the one that started it all, along with it's second version)

Shit New Yorkers Say

Shit Gay Guys Say

Shit Nobody Says

And, in the ultimate Meta the-internet’s-face-is-now-eating-its-own-butt triumph, Shit People Say About Shit People Say Videos:

Now I think the world clearly needs a Shit Twin Cities People Say video. But I’m just a blogger, not a vlogger, so all I can do is compile some suggestions for content. Please feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section. But I’ll get the ball rolling here.

Shit Twin Cities People Say:

Do you have any lotion?
This is where they invented the Jucy Lucy.
Seriously, air conditioning? Seriously?
Wait, is there a snow emergency?
So I think we can park on the odd…no, the even…no…
It’s gotta be peak color right now
It’s called a turn signal!
Do you have Surly on tap?
Let’s go there, I think they have Surly on tap.
Come here once.
Duck duck grey duck.
Do you want to come with?
I don’t care, it’ll always be Dayton’s to me.
I haven’t shaved my legs in 3 weeks.
Where did you get those boots?
They only sell this cheese at Surdyk’s.
Fucking bikers!
I don’t go to St. Paul
I got these at the Farmer’s Market
I was an extra in The Mighty Ducks
You guys, we should totally do the Peddle Pub
It’s called a zipper merge!
Yeah, but what’s the windchill?
Sven said to bundle up
I so do not have an accent
Gimme that bug spray once