You know you're from Michigan when...

[Tinkerbell222222]

1. You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of year it is.
2. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,grain, or animal.
3. You think of the 4 major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce,and beer.
4. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the opening of Deer Season, which you consider a National Holiday.
5. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
6. You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and snowmobile boots.
7. The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus.
8. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
9. You think that everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
10. You've never met any celebrities.
11. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
12. It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce, AND Faygo Pop.
13. .You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
14. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
15. .Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
16. owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your hometown.
17. "vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
18. you measure distance in minutes
19. you know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre
20. your school classes were canceled because of cold
21. your school classes were canceled because of heat
22. the trees in your yard have spigots.
23. you can explain the difference between yoopers, trolls and fudgies.
24. you are not fazed by a traffic sign saying "Snowmobile Crossing."
25. you have no problem spelling names like Mackinac, Tahquamenon and Ypsilanti.
26. the Big Three are either Ford, Chrysler and GMor
    
    Domino's, Little Caesar's and Hungry Howie's.
    
27. you know that it's usually warmer in Hell than in Paradise.
28. you go "up north" for the weekends.
29. you know all the lyrics to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
30. you visit Florida and are frustrated because the newspapers there don't report hockey scores.
31. you think that having clogged sinuses is normal.
32. you bake with soda and drink pop
33. the word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
34. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac"
35. you expect Vernor’s when you order ginger ale
36. at least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game
37. you carry jumper cables in your car
38. traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon
39. half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh
40. you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit
41. you show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand
42. the local paper covers national & international news on 1 page but requires 6 pages for sports
43. you have experienced frostbite & sunburn in the same week
44. your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction
45. shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout
46. you think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder
47. your idea of a traffic jam is 20 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel on the highway
48. the Big Mac is something that you drive across
49. you believe that "down south" means Toledo
50. You’ve ridden the school bus an hour each way
51. your Little League baseball game was snowed out
52. you end your sentences with a preposition. Example: "Where’s my coat at?"
53. you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked
54. you know what a millage is
55. you know that deer season is a national holiday
56. driving is better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow
57. you have more miles on your snow blower than your car
58. you owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car
59. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison
60. the trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer
61. you define summer as 3 months of bad sledding
62. octopus and hockey go together as logically as hot dogs and baseball.
63. your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.
64. you have a favorite hockey team.
65. you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernors.
66. your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake
67. you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
68. someone asks you if you've ever been to Europe, and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor".
69. you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as 'Trolls' or 'Lopers'.
70. you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels came off your bike.
71. you can identify an Ohio accent.
72. at least 50% of your relatives work for the automotive industry.
73. you know what a pastie is.
74. You actually get all these jokes and pass them onto all your michigan friends and relatives

Some ofthem are pretty similar, but hey...I thought they were pretty funny.

 

[Loki]

Any ginger ale other than Vernors is an abomination before man.

My mom taught me to make pasties last summer. Real Yooper pasties.

I got all the jokes, and was sort of surprised that some of them might be jokes, like fitting a halloween costume over a snow suit.

Is it really that odd to carry jumpers in one's car? I always do...

75. You have learned not to trust the weatherman. It cannot be predicted.
76. You know the significance of "South of 8 mile"
77. Flatlander describes a person.
78. You get water from a drinking fountain.
79. You can id a Wisconsin accent.
80. You can id a Yooper accent.
81. You accept the fact that the sun simply doesn't shine in January, and February's the longest month of the year.

 

[vrunca]

lol! Those are really funny! I live in Northern Michigan and November 15th is not only a holiday, but we call it a Holy Day...St. Antler's day! And in our county, the kids actually and truly do get that day off of school.

 

[HiredGoon]

1. You think a burrito should be "wet," filled with gound beef, and covered with about 2 pounds of melted orange cheese.

2. The only thing you grill are burgers or brats.

3. Your idea of ethnic food is taco bell or a chinese buffet.

4. Any salsa spicier than ketchup is too hot to handle.

5. Venison is a food group.

6. You actually know what venison tastes like.

7. The only fish you eat is whitefish.

8. Green bean casserole is served at every holiday, wedding and funeral.

9. You prefer frozen custard to ice cream.

10. You know what a pazcki is.

 

[plum]

When you go on vacation you go "up north". even 45 minutes north is still "up north."
Everyone seems to own a cottage/lake house/cabin.
You get your boaters license before your driver's license.
Every winter someone nearby (or maybe your family) floods their backyard to make an ice rink.
Your childhood dream was to drive the zamboni (that was me!).
You grew up thinking the entire city of either Lansing or Ann Arbor was inherently evil.
Your maple syrup is real.
You can't imagine hearing "halloween" without "devil's night" attached to it.
You know where to shop for Christmas supplies (can we say Bronners?).

 

[pillarrocks24]

Those are funny...i live in Detroit.....and yes i do have a boaters licence.

 

[Cright]

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

I lived in Florida for a couple years and scared my friends w/ my safe, but fast driving!

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

I do this all the time!

19. you know how to play (and pronounce) Euchure

This is one of my all time favorites! At least when I travel I can find someone who knows how to play spades once in awhile.. a far second! LOL

29. You know all the lyrics to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

Gordon Lightfoot! Got em' in my car!

30. you visit Florida and are frustrated because the newspapers there don't report hockey scores.

There was a playoff game when I went to dinner one night w/ 2 of my friends... we were in a sports bar so I asked the waitress if she could turn the game on. she asked "what game", I said "the wings game... umm redwings" she said "what??" I said "you know?.. the hockey playoffs!!". Her reply was "umm... I'll ask my manager". About 15 mins later they finally looked up the cable station the game was on and got it on!
It was a real bummer since I didn't have cable at home and it wasn't on regular channles!!

39. half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh

super true! especially here in the Detroit (or Port Huron) area where we're a stone throw away from the boarder!

Fun thread!

Carina

 

[Loki]

Wait, they don't have devil's night in other states?