I found a list of "You know you're from Michigan if..." and most of them are funny.
You Know You're From Michigan When... |
Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown. (YEP) You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre. (HECK YEAH!) The Big Mac is something that you drive across. (Well I don't, but I know the Big Mack) 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. (all the time) Your Little League baseball game was snowed out. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac". The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical 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 Devil's Night. (I just found out Devil's Night is just a Michigan thing!) At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game. 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. Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit. (My dad does this all the time, grrr) "Up North" means north of Clare. You (mostly Detroiters) are mad about the Joe Louis Statue fist in the middle of Jefferson. You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you." (Occasionally...) 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 can name the CEOs of all the Big 3. You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know! Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout. You've had to drive a half a mile to make a left turn (The Michigan Left). You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms. You refer to the city as "the D." (Or the 313) The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid. All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway. You know Eminem and Kid Rock are not actually from Detroit, but Warren (a suburb) and a small farm town. |
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