- 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.)
- The only place in the world can you experience
all four seasons in one day.
- 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.
- 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 isn't far from 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.â€
- 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.
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A lot of those are true for me, lol.
Post one from your state!
Fornarina
I definately measure distance in minutes,we have at least one heat/air conditioning day per year (usually several weeks. lol), the big three are Chrysler, GM, and Ford, I use my hand as a map, and one Halloween I had to wear my costume over three, count 'em three, layers of long underwear.
So, yeah, a lot of those are true.
_________________________
"I can’t believe it."
1"That is why you fail."
2You know what they say, if you don't like the weather in Michigan...wait five minutes.
_________________________
"I can’t believe it."
3"That is why you fail."
Yep, exactly. It'll change.
4The only place where you'll have one 75 degree day in January, but it snows on April 10th.
_________________________
"I can’t believe it."
5"That is why you fail."
Didn't that happen this year?
6It happens every year!!
And yet people still forget how to drive the second the snow starts. I'm like, did you just move here?
_________________________
"I can’t believe it."
7"That is why you fail."
They forget how to drive when it rains, too, lol.
8Good Writing!!!
9I loved this posting
It reminded me of so many things people do and say here in NC that seems
odd to TRUE big city people.
10Juicy -
Those are funny, especially the one about designing a Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.... not a problem in southern NJ.
Here's the one for NJ I had posted a little bit back:
You know you're from Jersey when ....
11You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
Eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M.
You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know that the state isn't all farmland.
You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are "down the shore."
You know how to properly negotiate a circle.
You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.
You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . . Mexico . . . York ..! . . Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?).
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege.
You don't think "What exit?" is very funny.
You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different." Yes they are!
You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton--that's for out-of-staters.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar.
You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.
You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits.
You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.
You weren't raised in New Jersey--you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's.
You also remember Palisades Amusement Park.
You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
And finally . .
You've NEVER, NEVER NEVER, EVER pumped your own gas.
Those are good, too, tds.
12We call White Castle burgers "White Castles" too, tds. I also live within 20 minutes of a shopping mall.
AND I identify all highways by numbers. lol
_________________________
"I can’t believe it."
13"That is why you fail."
Fun post!
A few for CT are:
- If anybody asks, you're from just outside of New York.
14- You get ticked-off at anyone who doesn't know how to drive in the snow.
- You think the Connecticut River is endless
- You thought that the only highways were 91 and 84.
- You think New Haven is the worst ghetto you've ever seen
- Summer social highlights involve carnivals and county fairs
- You DO have an accent. dont think so? read this sentence aloud...did you pronounce the "t" in "dont"? Do you pronounce Connecticut with a "t", or do you say "connedicut"....exactly....
Those are good.
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