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PWood
10-20-2005, 10:28 AM
1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

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

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

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

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. Down South to you means Ohio

16. A brat is something you eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

22. You drink pop and bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.

24. You know what a yooper is.

25. You think owning a Honda is Un American.

26. You know that UP is a place not a direction

27. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.




schopie4
10-20-2005, 11:17 AM
28. Your idea of going coast to coast is driving from Muskegon to Port Huron

Frozenfish
10-20-2005, 11:38 AM
29. Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
30. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
31. You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
32. You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
33. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.
33. Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
34. Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit
35. "Up North" means north of Clare.
36. You know what a pastie is.

waterfoul
10-20-2005, 11:38 AM
#3, my father.... Deer 4 Car 0
#5, ONLY 65 mph?? What gives???
#8, oh yeah, and she can change the oil too!
#22, go out east and say "pop" in a restaurant once.... strange looks for sure!

Adam Waszak
10-20-2005, 11:46 AM
If you ever wore shorts and a winter jacket at the same time

If you ever said "boy thats a nice spike"

Burksee
10-20-2005, 12:56 PM
You think that 45 degree's is T-shirt weather..... :lol: :eek: :help:

kitchue
10-20-2005, 01:02 PM
Anywhere in Florida is Hot in January.

You think tropical and sub-tropical climates aren't that humid.

Hunting with mosquitos isn't quite right.

You believe Fall really starts on September 15.

"Going Up North" is an acceptable answer for what your doing this weekend

dinoday
10-20-2005, 01:09 PM
You have gotten sunburned while ice fishing.

You know where to get beer with more alcohol than wine has.

You have street signs that say "No Snowmobiles on the Sidewalk"

You know that there is a Windsor Ballet ;) :evil: