michigander

[bdiddie4christ]

Now how in the world do you become a michigander ya know. Seriously. what atributs dose a michigander have to have anyway? how long do you have to live in michigan b4 u can be called one?

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

Now how in the world do you become a michigander ya know. Seriously. what atributs dose a michigander have to have anyway? how long do you have to live in michigan b4 u can be called one?

Well, I've lived there 28 years, so even if you were born here I outrank you.

Anywho, I dub thee "A Michigander".

Go in peace. Don't forget to hate on Ohio and mess with Texas.

 

[plum]

lol good points at the end there, ian

 

[believer4God]

Michigan is so cool!

 

[Selznak]

Michigan is so cool!

Especially in the winter!

 

[bdiddie4christ]

yea i like winter, i jsut don`t like driving in it somtimes

 

[Stacers823]

yeah Michigan does have its good points. Like all four seasons. I mean everyones got to be jealous of that. The only thing I miss is that during the winter I want to go swimming lol like Florida and California OH well

 

[Vastavus]

Here are some guidelines.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.

You can identify an Ohio accent.

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.

Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

The Big Mac is something that you drive across.

You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

You bake with soda and drink pop.

You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.

Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.

You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".

The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.

Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.

Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.

At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.

You know what a millage is.

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

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.

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

You know what a "Yooper" is.

Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit

"Up North" means north of Clare.

You know what a pastie is.

You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

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

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

You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!

Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

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

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

You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.

The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.

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

All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.

Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.

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

If you get these jokes.

 

[SilvrLoreena]

I saw this and I laughed so hard! I've seen lots of this "You might be a Michiganer if you..." I love em!

At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.

Ok, this one is so true. We actually have to invite ppl not from here orginally just so that we have some peace in our house. Wearing Green and White is illegal and Blue and Gold are worn head to toe..leaving only about 4 ppl on the outs. No fist fights yet but...there has been close calls. It's all out War that week. It's so freaking hillarious!

 

[lesleythegreat]

I love michigan's weather! and i really hate those michigan lefts...they're so inconvenient sometimes

 

[ace85]

I'm not a Michigan native but I love it up here, especially the long snowy winters and cool summers.

As for football, I'm not a MSU or Michigan fan. It's all about the Brown and Gold, go WMU Broncos! Maybe we'll win 2 games this year.

 

[Raechull]

I think if youve lived here long enough to be fed up with the weather, you're a Michigander . LOL I dont really know. Ive lived here my entire life (minus being born in Ill. and moving back here at 3 mos.) Glad to see there are quite a few people here from the mitten!

 

[bdiddie4christ]

yea thats true and I can deffinently testify to that I was born in good ole Grand RApids....and have been here since

 

[skilltroks]

yay for Grand Rapids!

 

[Tumbleweed64]

Now how in the world do you become a michigander ya know. Seriously. what atributs dose a michigander have to have anyway? how long do you have to live in michigan b4 u can be called one?

long enough...

 

[bdiddie4christ]

do the people in the upper panincala count as michiganders?

 

[PastorStephanos]

yeah Michigan does have its good points. Like all four seasons. I mean everyones got to be jealous of that. The only thing I miss is that during the winter I want to go swimming lol like Florida and California OH well

4 seasons> I've been in Michigan since 1994, and only I can get is 3 seasons. Fall, winter, and summer. Never Spring ! But I like the winter and the snow, specially in Christmas time.

 

[Tumbleweed64]

4 seasons> I've been in Michigan since 1994, and only I can get is 3 seasons. Fall, winter, and summer. Never Spring ! But I like the winter and the snow, specially in Christmas time.

And I'd like to pass on this lil jewel of wisdom.... if you don't like the weather here, wait five minutes, it'll change

 

[joyousliving]

Now how in the world do you become a michigander ya know. Seriously. what atributs dose a michigander have to have anyway? how long do you have to live in michigan b4 u can be called one?

Accomplish any one of the following and you are one:

1) Learn either the MSU or UofM fight song and sing it in public.
2) Take your car in for repair because you hit one of those spring road hazzards commonly known as a pothole.
3) Hear yourself refer to someone else as a Yooper, Fudgie or Flatlander without thinking.
4) Use the term "up north" casually in a conversation and not understand why the other person doesn't get it.

 

[Johnboy60]

Hi, I'm from Ypsilanti, Michigan.

http://www.ypsilanti.org/


Robert