For all you Michganders (or is it Michiganians?) out there (in Off-topic)


Mem June 22 2006 1:09 PM EDT

You know you're from Michigan when.....

1.You've never met any celebrities other than "rappers".

2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan/Michigan State game.

4. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.

5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

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

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

8. It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce and Faygo Pop, anywhere.

9. You know how to pronounce Mackinac, Livernois, Utica, Gratiot, Schoenherr, Lasher, and all the other hard ones.

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

11. You bake with SODA and drink a POP.

12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.

13. Your little league game was snowed out.

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

15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on the back of your left hand.

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

17. You measure distance in minutes.

18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but it is either raining or snowing there.

20. Your year has 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.

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

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

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

24. Everyone you meet out of state thinks you know Eminem
personally.

25. You drive 60 mph through 2 feet of snow in a raging blizzard, without flinching.

26.You think Devil's Night is celebrated everywhere.

27.You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

28.You know what a "Yooper" is.

29. "Up North" means north of Clare.

30. Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

31.The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.

32. Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.

33. You think everybody hangs out at Meijer.

34. Your out of state friends think you live with farm animals.

35. You actually understand everything i just said...

AdminQBnovice [Cult of the Valaraukar] June 22 2006 1:18 PM EDT

heck I understood most of it, and I wouldn't set foot in a nor eastern state during winter for a stack of cb...

I think half of it I groked due to hearing stories of Crookston, MN from a friend of mine...frozen wasteland was too kind a description

AdminQBnovice [Cult of the Valaraukar] June 22 2006 1:19 PM EDT

michigonians...

Mem June 22 2006 1:26 PM EDT

"35. You actually understand everything i just said... "

You aren't from Michigan if you don't apply to that one.

(And it's spelled Michiganian...)
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