Forum:You Know You're from Michigan When

=You Know You're From Michigan When...=


 * You know why to be amazed that the Tigers are actually in the World Series.
 * You define "summer" as three months of bad sledding.
 * You think "Alkaline batteries" were named for a Tiger outfielder.
 * You can identify an "Ohio" accent.
 * Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
 * If during the summer there are more out of town plates than Michigan plates.
 * Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
 * You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
 * The "Big Mac" is something that you drive across.
 * You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
 * You bake with soda and drink pop.
 * You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
 * Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.
 * You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
 * You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
 * The word "thumb" has geographical significance.
 * You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
 * You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
 * You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
 * Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Halloween.
 * Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
 * At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
 * You know what a millage is.
 * Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
 * Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.
 * You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
 * You know what a "Yooper" is.
 * Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done.
 * Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit.
 * "Up North" means north of Clare.
 * You know what a pastie is.
 * You occasionally cheer "Go Lions...and take the Tigers with you!"
 * Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
 * At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
 * You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
 * Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
 * You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
 * Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
 * Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
 * When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left," meaning a U-turn.
 * You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
 * You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
 * The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze - solid!
 * The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
 * All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
 * Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.
 * Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
 * When your relatives call you a troll because you live "under" the bridge.
 * When your idea of a family vacation is going to Cedar Point
 * Going to the "party store" isn't to buy balloons. It's to buy beer.