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Snake2715
09-03-2004, 09:41 AM
If 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

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each
year because Pelston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live
in Michigan

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you
might live in Michigan

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
year, you might live in Michigan.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
you might live in Michigan

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Michigan

If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in
Michigan

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live
in Michigan

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan



You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when.............



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.

28. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear
is a kevlar vest.

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Michigan friends.

Qbe
09-03-2004, 09:47 AM
30. You are a true Michigander when you add "'s" to the name of any business: you shop at Meijer's, Penney's, Barnes & Noble's, and then eat lunch at Domino's (a Michigan company, so it comes with the 's already)

forty9er
09-03-2004, 09:54 AM
I live in MI. And alot of those are false. Well atleast for me, we don't get that much snow. etc.. There is another one to add on there about the mich osu game. Can't remember it though.

Snake2715
09-03-2004, 09:56 AM
I would say at least 50-60% of them made sense while may not be true for me I understood them.

I have yet to see camo at a wedding but I know a few people that I would bet have.

int80h
09-03-2004, 10:06 AM
I live in Ohio, and most of those are true for me. (And yes, I've seen camo at a wedding)

Moray
09-03-2004, 10:08 AM
I know people that fit every single one of those, while many don't apply to myself. And sadly, I have seen camo at a wedding. :shock:

Gothic Walrus
09-03-2004, 10:29 AM
Old, but you managed to leave off the best one...

You know you live in Michigan when you know that Hell exists, and it's not very far from Kalamazoo.

Snake2715
09-03-2004, 11:16 AM
Old, but you managed to leave off the best one...

You know you live in Michigan when you know that Hell exists, and it's not very far from Kalamazoo.


True and I remember maybe 4-5 years ago it actually completely froze over.

I read a paper that morning that had it in the headlines and joked about people now having to pay dues, money owed etc since Hell Froze over...

Chris Dillon
09-03-2004, 03:54 PM
you might live in michigan if you hate people like me who have buckeyes above there computer.

BigDirty
09-03-2004, 04:01 PM
This reminds me of the Jersey Version (http://soli.inav.net/~catalyst/Humor/jersey.htm)

DigitalSpace
09-03-2004, 06:27 PM
Old, but you managed to leave off the best one...

You know you live in Michigan when you know that Hell exists, and it's not very far from Kalamazoo.


True and I remember maybe 4-5 years ago it actually completely froze over.

:lol:

1SwtDeception
09-04-2004, 06:23 AM
wow i want to see a minnesota one.. but the thing about the dairy queen closing.. it goes for mn as well

epobirs
09-04-2004, 07:25 AM
I grew up in Southern California but I've done the coat and shorts combo many times. Unless it's frozen-bits-of-flesh-breaking-off cold out, I'm fine so long as my torso is insulated. If I have too much coverage I become very uncomfortable.

Part of it is genetic, it seems. When they were first married and living in Massachussetts, my mother used to hassle my father to put on heavier clothes in winter. Not out of concern for his well-being but to avoid having people staring at him trudging through the snow and only acknowledging the temperature with a sweater. I'm the same way. One time at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany it was a very frigid late February but I couldn't stand how quickly I'd become overheated if I put on my coat when walking between buildings. (Hanover Messe is like a Disneyland composed of bunkers.) It really helps you pick up a foreign language when you are the the target of the muttering emanating from those around you. 'Crazy American' has a remarkable number of variants.

Cornfedwb
09-04-2004, 09:11 AM
Really alot of those are better representations of other states. Its funny, but not really very true.

bmulligan
09-04-2004, 09:22 AM
28. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear
is a kevlar vest.


Actually the whole world knows this. Michiganders don't bother to go into Detroit unless under some kind of duress.

Zenithian Legend
09-04-2004, 09:10 PM
The fact that you're from brighton really shows when you say stupid shit like that