You Just Can Not Make This Up

There really is a thing called “Minnesota Nice.”  One holiday I flew home to Minnesota to visit my parents. Dad asked me to go furniture shopping with him, to buy a new kitchen table for Mom. We went to a very nice furniture store and picked out a beautiful table set. Then Dad says, we will take this table but no not want all 4 chairs. I only want 3. I’m like Dad really…Why? He said that the table is up against the wall and they never use that chair. Of course, the salesperson knows my Dad. He said that the table comes with 4 chairs and the price is the same for 3 chairs. Then out comes Minnesota nice. Dad tells the salesperson to keep the 4th chair and give it to somebody who needs and extra chair. We took the set home and set it up. Mom liked it a lot, then asked where’s the 4th chair? Dad told her the whole story. Mom gave me the “WHAT???” look. Then just smiled and said “Isn’t that nice.”