Hmmm….what to do, what to do….?
10. Build a fence across the northern border of the state to insure what happens in Canada, stays in Canada.9. Like the state bird and flower, instigate a state clown program, Appoint Mylo Hatzenbuhler
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8. Change all oil well pumping units to resemble bucking horses. Call them Bakken Buckers.7. Build dikes in Devils Lake creating 10,001 lakes. Give Minnesota the bird.6. Build a fence across the western border of the state to insure what happens in Montana, stays in Montana.5. Create a state drink from Chokecherry wine. Name it “The DAHL-RIPPLE” after the 32nd governor of the state, Jack Dalrymple.
4. (insert your own Sakakawea joke here)
3. Change the state song to Ted Nugent’s ‘Great White Buffalo’.
2. Anybody with a copy of the movie ‘Fargo” can exchange it for a free wood chipper.
And the #1 thing North Dakota should do with their $1.6 billion dollar surplus:
Have all the sculptures on The Enchanted Highway chromed. All residents of Gladstone, Lefor and Regent receive a free pair of aviator sunglasses.