“How will Amy Hockert respond? This really puts Stinar in the lead.” — A comment left on the MNspeak item on Kristin Stinar’s dumpster diving for Vikings sex boat scandal news. For the record, I’m more of an Amy Hockert fan. Not that I ever watch the local news.

“Hello friends, …this is a pre-emptive note to hopefully tell you before you hear it elsewhere: Yes, this adamant midwesterner is leaving Minneapolis; yes, I am moving to Seattle; and yes, I am taking a new job at Microsoft. It’s the internet, so let’s do this FAQ-style….” — Local internet famous person Rex Sorgatz is leaving town. City Pages scoops Rex’s own MNspeak.

2003 called, it wants its “____ called, it wants its ____ back” back. — Comment on a MNspeak open thread.

Curious, I switched seats to get a glimpse of our lady. She was white, in her 50’s, wearing a purple hat. I stared into her beady eyes, and she stared right back, blank as a Hollywood pistol. She was looking right through me, and that’s when I realized she didn’t have a cell phone. — Wm of twin city sidewalks tells a bus ride story. (He also routinely addresses local urban planning issues. I love that stuff.)

For reference: I refer to “hookah smoking” as shisha. Calling it “hookah smoking” makes you sound uninformed :) — A commenter on a MNspeak item on hookah bars in the TC. I’m not a smoker at all, but they make it sound so nice….

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