You Know You Are From Michigan

I honestly love Michigan - I think it is the most beautiful state in the US but we have some quirks. Some are true and some are not so true - it does make us Unique!!!

You know you are from Michigan when..

1. You've 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 ...eh?

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 the experience of turning on the "heat" and the "A/C" on 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 ever 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/hours - the length of travel time from Point A to Point B.

18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but it isn't that far from Hell.

20. Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

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. Most people you meet out of state think you know Eminem personally.

25. You actually understand everything I just said.

26. The only place in the world can you experience all four seasons in one day.

27. You know what a 'party store' is.

28. You believe that "down south" means Toledo, Ohio.

29. Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.

30. You know that "Big Mac" is something that you drive over.

31. You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what
time of the year.

32. You end your sentences with a preposition; example: "Where's my
coat at?"

33. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain,
animal and music.

34. You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce,
and beer.

35. You carry jumper cables and snow chains in your trunk.

36. You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

37. Driving in the winter is better because the pot-holes are filled with snow.

38. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the "Opening Day of Deer Season" which is considered a National Holiday.

39. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.

40. You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.

41. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

42. Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

43. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

44. You’ve ever used the word “bogue.”

45. The "Big Three" means either Ford, Chrysler and GM,or Little Caesar's, Domino's, or Hungry Howie's.

46. You think alkaline batteries were named after a famous Tiger outfielder.

47. Your definition of a small Michigan town is one that doesn't have a lake.

48. You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

49. You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and
snowmobile boots.

50. The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus and declare "snow emergencies".

51. You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

52. The orange barrel is considered Michigan's 'other' lighthouse.

53. You lost your virginity up at Higgins, Houghton or Taquahmenon to some skank from Detroit.

54. You own only three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup

55. The local paper covers national and international news on l/4 page, and the other 6 pages for sports

56. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer

57. If you know what a pasczki is and the day it is traditionally served.

58. If half the people you know say they are from Detroit,yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit.

59. If you call Lake Michigan the West Coast.

60. If your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game ( or any sport!)

61. If snow tires come standard on all your cars and watch for the school closing list on "snow days" .

62. If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

63. If you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

64. If someone asks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've
been to Ann Arbor".

65. If octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

66. If you think "going up north" would be a great vacation...in January.

67. If you had to get a passport to go to Windsor, Canada a stones throw across the river.

68. If you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.

69. If your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.

70. If you have a favorite hockey team.

71. If you see nothing wrong with watching fireworks in Detroit on or before July 2.

72. If you find yourself incapable of throwing cans and bottles away when you
are in another state.

73. If you use the term "party store" to describe a store where you buy snacks,
beer and liquor.

74. If you know how to pronounce Sault Ste. Marie.

75. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed
a wrong number.

76. You know several people who have hit a deer with their car at least once.

77. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

78. You find 0 degrees (F) "a little chilly" and know exactly what to do when your city declares a "snow emergency."

80. You know that UP is a place not a direction.