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You know you're from Michigan When~
15 years ago
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CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD
stolen from...well everyone else doing it, specifically 
silverautomatic
1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
* You show people where you're from
by pointing to a spot on the back
of your left hand. (Especially useful
if you're from the Thumb or the
Little Finger.)
* 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.
* Your local Dairy Queen is closed from
November through March.
* You know that UP is a place, not a direction.
* You know it's possible to live in a thumb.
* The only place in the world can you experience all four seasons in one day.
* Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.
* You know what a 'party store' is.
* You've never met any celebrities.
* "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
* At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan / Michigan State game.
* Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.
* Half the change in your pocket is Canadian....eh?
* You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
* You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre. ((I only know how to pronounce it))
* It's easy to get Vernor's ginger ale, Better Made chips, Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.
* You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
* You've had to switch on the heat and the air conditioning in the same day.
* You bake with SODA and drink POP.
* The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
* Your little league game was snowed out.
* The word "thumb" has geographical rather than anatomical significance.
* Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
* You measure distance in minutes.
* When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
* You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but is only 100 miles fom Hell.
* Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.
* Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
* You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
* When owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
* You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
* Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.
* You know that Big Mac is something that you drive over.
* You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
* You end your sentences with a preposition; example: "Where's my coat at?"
* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
* You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce, and beer.
* You carry jumper cables and snow chains in your trunk.
* You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
* Driving in the winter is better because the pot-holes are filled with snow.
* Your favorite holidays are Christmas,Thanksgiving,and the opening of Deer Season, which you consider a National Holiday.
* You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
* You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.
* You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
* Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
* Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
* You’ve ever used the word “bogue.”
* The "Big Three" means either Ford, Chrysler and GM, or Little Caesar's, Domino's, or Hungry Howie's.
* You think alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.
* Your definition of a small Michigan town is one that doesn't have a lake.
* You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
* You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and snowmobile boots.
* The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
* You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
* The orange barrel is considered Michigan's 'other' lighthouse.
silverautomatic1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
* You show people where you're from
by pointing to a spot on the back
of your left hand. (Especially useful
if you're from the Thumb or the
Little Finger.)
* 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.
* Your local Dairy Queen is closed from
November through March.
* You know that UP is a place, not a direction.
* You know it's possible to live in a thumb.
* The only place in the world can you experience all four seasons in one day.
* Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.
* You know what a 'party store' is.
* You've never met any celebrities.
* "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
* At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan / Michigan State game.
* Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.
* Half the change in your pocket is Canadian....eh?
* You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
* You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre. ((I only know how to pronounce it))
* It's easy to get Vernor's ginger ale, Better Made chips, Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.
* You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
* You've had to switch on the heat and the air conditioning in the same day.
* You bake with SODA and drink POP.
* The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
* Your little league game was snowed out.
* The word "thumb" has geographical rather than anatomical significance.
* Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
* You measure distance in minutes.
* When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
* You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but is only 100 miles fom Hell.
* Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.
* Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
* You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
* When owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
* You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
* Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.
* You know that Big Mac is something that you drive over.
* You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
* You end your sentences with a preposition; example: "Where's my coat at?"
* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
* You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce, and beer.
* You carry jumper cables and snow chains in your trunk.
* You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
* Driving in the winter is better because the pot-holes are filled with snow.
* Your favorite holidays are Christmas,Thanksgiving,
* You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
* You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.
* You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
* Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
* Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
* You’ve ever used the word “bogue.”
* The "Big Three" means either Ford, Chrysler and GM, or Little Caesar's, Domino's, or Hungry Howie's.
* You think alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.
* Your definition of a small Michigan town is one that doesn't have a lake.
* You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
* You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and snowmobile boots.
* The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
* You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
* The orange barrel is considered Michigan's 'other' lighthouse.
"you know you're from michigan when you're too broke at the moment to leave* e_e
I've been wanting to move but I don't have the money. Once out of Michigan, I'll have enough money xDD
It is always Construction season. always. Winter is short for Winter construction
* You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."
* You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay).How many other states do that?
* You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" ( A Ground Hog ) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
* The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.
* You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
* You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."
* At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.
* You know what a "Hex sign" is.
* You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
* You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".
* Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.
* You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".)
* You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.
* you know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.
* You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it. It's a shameful, cheap treat and I don't care. Water ice can only be enjoyed with it.
* You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti's, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA. Damned Skippy. No one makes a good steak out of this damned city. No one and I'll be a rich man if I can change that...
* You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
* Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
* You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.
* You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
* You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio,or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits. And I don't drive yet.
* A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.
* You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
* You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.
* You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south.
* Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
* As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were. Snow is to be hated and celebrated at the same time.
* Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.
* "You guys" and "ynz" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.
* You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?) I blame my Grandmother's country accent.
* You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela. We stole a lotta territory from the Native Americans and didn't whitewash the names... amazing.
* You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.