you know you're from michigan if....

[lespaw]

i know this has been around for a while, but i just thought it would be a good addition to this guild's forum.

1. You've never met any celebrities.

2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

3. At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan/ Michigan State game.

4. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian...eh!

5. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.

6. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

7. It's easy to get Vernors Ginger Ale AND Faygo Pop.

8. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac"

9. You've had to switch on the heat and the A/C in the same day.

10. You bake with soda and drink a pop.

11. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny, you
consider it a documentary.

12. Your little league game was snowed out.

13. The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical
significance.

14. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand.

15. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to
Muskegon.

16. You measure distance in minutes.

17.Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

18. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at
Christmas.

19. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

20. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your
hometown.

21. You think "down south" means Toledo.

22. You get these jokes.  

[Trite~Elegy]

2 - I was just at cedar point yesterday.
I went on that new roller coaster the 'Maverick'.
s**t, I waited in line for an hour and a half for that less then a minute ride - but it was worth it.
That was the most intense rollar coaster I have ever been on.
Oh - and when it says 'remove earrings' - REMOVE YOUR EARRINGS. gonk

16 - What? Nobody else does that?

You forgot the 'Michigan Turn' or also known as a 'Michigan left'
Turning left to go right and vice versus - no other state has that.  

[lespaw]

yeah, i just copied and pasted an email i got. i thought about putting it in there, but i was too lazy. =)  

[Trite~Elegy]

Oh yeah, and number 19 - the smell of worms one.
Sure worms smell - but the smell that is associated after a rain is actually from chemicals secreted by the roots of plants to help asorb water - not worms. confused  

[lespaw]

i know, but apparently the person i got this from didn't. neutral  

[Kapwned]

I was born here, but I'm southern. Using "pop" as a word associated with drinks annoys the hell out of me sweatdrop Guess I'll have to get used to it.  

[Terrioscar]

Here are some I found tried taking the ones out that were already posted....

... if your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake.

... if snow tires come standard on all your cars.

... if you can identify an Ohio accent.

... if you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.

... if you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

... if traveling coast to coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.

... if you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".

... if the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceaser's and Hungry Howie's.

... if a Big Mac is something you can drive across.

... if you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.

... if you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.

... if you know what a pastie is.

... if you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

... if you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.

... if you classify your friends and relatives as "yoopers," "trolls," "Canadians," or "not from 'round here,".

... if you know at least 2 yooper jokes.

... if you can name all 5 of the Great Lakes, and point to their locations around your left and right hands.

... if you don't cross picket lines.

... if you used to think Deer Season included an official school holiday.

... if you know that Pontiac and Cadillac are cities.

... if you've been to Hell and to Paradise and back again.

... if you had Tornado Drills in elementary school.

... if you have 10 favorite recipes for venison.

... if driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.

... if summer takes place the second week of July (and it still rains!!).

... if you find -20F a little chilly.

... if shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

... if you know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.

... if you drink "Vernors" and play "Euchre".

... if you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by.

... if you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation.

... if you instinctively walk like a penquin for five months out of the year.

... if you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time.

... if "vacation" means going up north on I-75.

... if you know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

... if you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

... if you see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings.)

... if you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

... if your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

... if you were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

... if down South to you means Ohio.

... if a brat is something you eat.

... if your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

... if you go out to a fish fry every Friday.

... if your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.

... if you know what a Yooper is.

... if you know that UP is a place, not a direction.  

[Nafariously Ploted]

... if you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.


... if you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right. This one is incorrect. It should say '85' instead. Anyone who drives the expressways, especially 275 and the Southfield, should be able to tell you that. God, 70 is the speed limit. rolleyes  

[AirisMagik]

85 is about right. That's when no one really tends to catch up, cause everyone else is doing that.
But the 70's are in the left lane.

wtf.  

[Garden of Live Flowers]

Hah, it may be old, but it's still good for a few giggles ^ ^  

[ariadne1031]

...If you know who 'Da Yoopers" are

...If you've ever visited a restaurant with dead things on the walls.

...If you're not completely creeped out by visiting a restaurant with dead things on the walls

...If you remember "Autoworld" and "Cereal City".

...If your summer road trips include stops at a Mystery Spot or a Mystery Hill

...If your hometown's biggest attractions are a gas tank shaped like a giant basketball and the world's largest tire.

...If you've seen a giant Paul Bunyan made of car parts.

...If you've eaten ice cream in Hell.

...If you've ever seen a giant muffler man just hanging around.

...If your childhood included trips to "Turkeyville", "Deer Forest" or "Call of the Wild"  

[Blandishment]

the worst part is pertty much ever single one of these are oh, so true XD

... if you know that UP is a place, not a direction.

should add if said out loud you kno they're not talking bout using the restroom.  

[Heckie]

If you only have to walk a few blocks to get to the coastguard festival.

If you've seen a "bear crossing" sign before.

If you've seen deer or turkeys in your back yard.

You're sweating in 60 degree weather.

"That fog out there" is actually a snow storm.

You have a relative nearby who can repair your car whenever you need it.(or can fix it yourself)

You own a copy of "Weird Michigan" and use it for touring purposes  

[InfernalExuro]

All of my good ones already were said. I've got one other one that's funny, but it's not exactly the most appropriate one. ninja  

[Areashine]

....if it's 20 degrees in the winter, you think it's warm.

Definitely true for me today. It's wonderful outside!