Note to Minnesotans: NO ONE outside of MN knows what MEA is.

Childless transplants are also often mystified.

Is that a... ... Culpa?

Middle East Airlines, the Lebanese flag carrier?

My mother got upset with me back in the day because I forgot about MEA weekend - we did not get one in TX so we could not go on the trip they wanted to plan

a group of men are sitting around a table in a conference room .

Alt: Guy from office shouting thank you after hitting table

Oh, cool. So Minnesota has their own version of "Jersey Days". (When places in MD and VA advertise specials for the people from NJ wanting to take the kids on one last vacation during the school closure for the NJEA convention)

Middle Eastern and African? I don't live in MN, BTW.

I am constantly having to explain it to transplants 😆

Met a dad at the park with a kid too young for school. Had to explain the deal with cabin rentals in October to him.

Oh man, the year we went to Disney and all the regular people were like "wtf it shouldn't be busy in October!"

(so hoping a minnesotan quote posts this with “CULPA”)