Minnesota Standoff

When all members of a group of people are too polite to take the last serving of a given dish.

In the third Minnesota Standoff of the evening, the last piece of pumpkin pie sat alone in the center of the table, the whole family eyeing it in uncomfortable silence.

Minnesota Standoff by the Man of the Van January 15, 2015

minnesota stand off 

when more than one car approaches an intersection at the same time. All the cars stop and wait, each insisting that the other goes first.

dude, sorry I'm late, I was caught in a minnesota stand off with some soccer mom, haha!

minnesota stand off by hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh April 26, 2006