Re: You live in Michigan if
well gore... i used to live in grand rapids for a long portion of my life and I hold true to about 98% of these... really hits home and now that I am no longer there I still practice some of the things and ppl ask me why... i guess from now on ill just forward this list to them....
and ill go through it for you as well
You might be a Michigander ...
... if you define Summer as three months of bad sledding.
I think i still do this
... if your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake.
yea, and a boring town, I grew up less than an hour from lake michigan
... if your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game (any sport!).
go U of M... with you that close to ann arbor you should understand
... if snow tires come standard on all your cars.
I still ask about them
... if at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
close but not quite
... if you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
i think they both happened on the same day tell you the truth
... if you can identify an Ohio accent.
stupid buckeyes
... if owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your home town.
it was
... if you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.
I actually had a boating license
... if you think Alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.
they arent??
... if you point at the palm of your right hand when telling people where you grew up.
underneath that line thats under you pinky and a little to the right
... if you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
I have a lot of fun there... being old enough to drink makes a big difference
... if someone asks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor..."
again... go u of m
... if "Down South" to you means Toledo.
or indiana
... if you have any idea who Bob Ufer was.
have a said my preference in college football yet?
... if octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
why wouldnt they.... other than the fact the wings havent played in a while due to strikes
... if traveling coast to coast means g
oing from Port Huron to Muskegon.
haha
... if you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".
cant say ive done this
... if the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceaser's and Hungry Howie's.
there used to be a place called spads too
... if a Big Mac is something you can drive across.
I went across the bridge the same week those contruction workers fell off working on it
... if you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.
been there.... on a damn bicycle
... if you had to get a passport to go to Ohio.
i agree with you screw that sh*t
... if you have as many Canadian coins in your pockets as American ones.
only when I visit my buddy in grosse isle
... if your kid's baseball or softball games games have been ever been snowed out.
i have played in the snow, thats why I had to have 2 batting gloves to help kill the sting
... if the trees in your backyard have spigots.
they did
... if you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.
i have family that lives there and I used to live close to it
... if you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".
honestly who drinks soda?
... if you know what a pastie is.
yup
... if you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
its those idiot from ohio that dont get over, and why 70? thats just the limit
... if your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.
didnt I answer this already?
... if you have a favorite hockey team.
yeah the wings
... if you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.
i prefer faygos ginger ale
... if you know how to play Euchre.
im a champ
... if you classify your friends and relatives as "yoopers," "trolls," "Canadians," or "not from 'round here,".
nope
... if you know at least 2 yooper jokes.
ditto
... if fudge and Bicycles remind you of your honeymoon.
no, childhood and hard work
... if you can name all 5 of the Great Lakes, and point to their locations around your left and right hands.
HOMES <-- they taught us that in elementary
... if you don't cross picket lines.
got shot with a bb gun cause I did once
... if you used to think Deer Season included an official school holiday.
not a hunter but I still took the day off ;)
... if you know that Pontiac and Cadillac are cities.
my family has lake houses up there
... if you've been to Hell and to Paradise and back again.
hell, never paradise
... if you had Tornado Drills in elementary school.
nothing like sitting in the hallway with my head bowed
... if you know all the words to Gordon Lightfoot's classic ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
used to
... if you can actually pronounce Ypsilanti.
had a gf that lived close to there and I had a robotics competition there (yip si lan tee)
... if the first decision you have to make on an international trip is, "bridge or tunnel?"
Ohh canada, lots of detriot jokes in here
... if you own only three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
are tehre more?
... if you design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
used to haha
... if you have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
you kidding me i had to shovel that crap
... if you have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
not that many cause we werent hunters but had one hell of a jerky recipe
... if you've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
no but i was taken in one
... if driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
yeah
... if you think everyone from the city has an accent.
anyone outside michigan has an accent, funny how they train ppl to talk like michigan
... if you think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
im not stupid...
... if you owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
never got one
... if the local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.
yup
... if your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
i have seen this done
... if summer takes place the second week of July (and it still rains!!).
yeah it sucks
... if you know which leaves make good toilet paper.
maple... big and work the best
... if you find -20F a little chilly.
slightly
... if the trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
i have used rivers to keep watermelons cold too and beer
... if you attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snowmobile boots.
nah
... if shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
we used to build small hills for our sleds
... if you know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
yup
... if you drink "Vernors" and play "Euchre".
done it
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, you might live in Michigan
or minnesota.. i was scared when we lit a fire on the ice
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Michigan
i think that person is my dad
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Michigan
actually...
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Michigan
think we had more bars
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan
done that
