Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire You may have grown up in Rural Michigan if any of these pertain you!

You know how to polka , but never tried it sober.

You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means.

You know it is traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the reception and wedding dance.

You know the difference between "Green" and "Red" farm machinery, and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better! (By the way everyone knows RED is Better)

You buy Christmas presents at Tractor Supply..

You spent more on beer & liquor than you did on food at your wedding.

You or someone you know was a "Bean/Sugar Queen" at the county fair.


You know that "combine" is a noun.

You let your older brothers or friends talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter.

You think Lutheran and Catholic are the major religions.

Football schedules, hunting season and harvest are all taken into consideration before wedding dates are set.

A Friday night date is getting a six-pack and taking your girlfriend shining for deer.

Saturday you go to your local bowling alley.

There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning... phew.

You have driven your car on the lake.


You can make sense of "upnort" and "batree".


Every wedding dance you have ever been to has the hokey pokey and the chicken dance.

Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar.

The local gas station sells live bait.


At least twice a year some part of your home doubles as a meat processing plant.

You think that the start of deer season is a national holiday.

You drink pop, not soda.

you know who "trolls" are

someone if your family is either italian or finnish

you have at least three ice augers

I could go on and on and on....

say "ya" to de U.P., eyh !

Trolls live "under" da Bridge. Meaning they aren't Yoopers!! Yep, originally from Michigan and headed to the UP one of these days.

Have you western boys been spying on my family?

Yep, you betcha'. BTDT and got 100% on this review.

Born in Saginaw, lived in Owosso, went to high school in the UP at Rapid River. Only place I've ever hear of the blacktop called the tarvy road. Alot of the wells have that awlful tasting water, to survive you have to drink alot of Stroh's.

I grew up in Minnesota and all those apply over here as well. My wifes best friend was Prinecess Kay of the Milkyway, had her likeness carved in butter at the state fair.

Marquette here.

All but the U.P. stuff applies to growing up in ND too.

What does it mean if I'm guilty of every single item on the list?

Guilty! Don't forget the "Cherry" queen! LOL

You know what it means to get Petoskey stoned.

Les,

That's pretty complete list.
How long did it take you to come up with it????
Every one of those is soooo right on!!
Speaking of Rapid River, that's where I hunt, just nort of town.. And, Jack's for dinner too. Good food.
I make my annual pilgrimage to Marbles' knife factory too, in Gladstone. It's da UP rite of Deer season...

Da UP is da place...

Don

The only thing you left out is that you know where the Soo is, and how to write it. But you mean this doesn't describe everyone?

it also applies to rural Wisconsin, maybe even more so

If you have ever eaten a pasty.

If you know what a FIG is. (SW Michigan term)

If you think apple cider you can see through looks funny and tastes bland.


Spent some very nice years in St. Joseph.