Post by Liz on Jun 27, 2006 11:24:34 GMT -5
Subject: YOU KNOW UR FROM MICHIGAN IF
....YOU KNOW UR FROM MICHIGAN IF..........
1. You never met any celebrities.
2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan/Michigan State game.
4. Half ! the change in your pocket is Canadian
5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
6. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange
barrel.
7. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
8. It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce and Faygo Pop.
9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
11. You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
13. Your little league game was snowed out.
14. The word "thumb" has geographical meaning, rather than anatomical
significance.
15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on the back of your left hand.
16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
17. You measure distance in minutes.
18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but it is either raining or snowing there. (& its not that far from Hell)
20. Your year has 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. (DAMN, SO true)
21. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
22. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
23. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
24. Everyone you meet out of state thinks you know Eminem
personally.
25. You drive 60 mph thru 2 feet of snow in a raging blizzard, without flinching. (people do, seriously)
26. You think Devil's Night is celebrated everywhere.
27. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
28. You know what a "Yooper" is. (Okay, I don't know that one)
29. Up North" means north of Clare.
30. Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
31. The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not! break it or leave any marks. (True )
32. Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
33. You refer to Bad Axe as 'Nasty Hatchet' (??)
34. The Krauts in Frankenmuth love to see pictures of your Christmas tree.
35. You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit. (Okay, that does NOT apply to me)
36. You know how to spell and pronounce 'Ypsilanti'
37. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night. (NOPE)
38. Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done
39. At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
40. You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
41. Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car. ;D ;D
42. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
43. You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
44. Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally now anyone who actually lives in Detroit (I know tons of people from Detroit)
45. You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike
46. You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong. (AMEN!!)
47. The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
48. You actually understand everything I just said.
Pass this on if you're from Michigan - you know it's all true
Brandon, what do you think?? ;D ;D
....YOU KNOW UR FROM MICHIGAN IF..........
1. You never met any celebrities.
2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the
Michigan/Michigan State game.
4. Half ! the change in your pocket is Canadian
5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
6. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange
barrel.
7. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
8. It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce and Faygo Pop.
9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
11. You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
13. Your little league game was snowed out.
14. The word "thumb" has geographical meaning, rather than anatomical
significance.
15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on the back of your left hand.
16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
17. You measure distance in minutes.
18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but it is either raining or snowing there. (& its not that far from Hell)
20. Your year has 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. (DAMN, SO true)
21. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
22. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
23. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
24. Everyone you meet out of state thinks you know Eminem
personally.
25. You drive 60 mph thru 2 feet of snow in a raging blizzard, without flinching. (people do, seriously)
26. You think Devil's Night is celebrated everywhere.
27. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
28. You know what a "Yooper" is. (Okay, I don't know that one)
29. Up North" means north of Clare.
30. Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
31. The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not! break it or leave any marks. (True )
32. Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
33. You refer to Bad Axe as 'Nasty Hatchet' (??)
34. The Krauts in Frankenmuth love to see pictures of your Christmas tree.
35. You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit. (Okay, that does NOT apply to me)
36. You know how to spell and pronounce 'Ypsilanti'
37. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night. (NOPE)
38. Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done
39. At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
40. You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
41. Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car. ;D ;D
42. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
43. You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
44. Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally now anyone who actually lives in Detroit (I know tons of people from Detroit)
45. You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike
46. You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong. (AMEN!!)
47. The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
48. You actually understand everything I just said.
Pass this on if you're from Michigan - you know it's all true
Brandon, what do you think?? ;D ;D