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Denton, you stole my line!

....You know a pastie is food, not a stripper's garment.

pastie is more of a uper thing

My introduction to that particular food happened on a trip to the U.P. My wife and I were in the car, and we saw this sign that said "Madeleine's Pasty (Pastie??) Shop". Neither one of us could figure out what it was, but the prices were posted, and we decided that we'd just buy one, and figure it out from there. We ended up dividing it for lunch... curiosity satisfied, along with hunger.

You know what Polish Meat Pies are!

DANG RIGHT!

And I'll fight the man that says it ain't so!

Can't decide between and

It used to be the opener of pheasant season was a holiday too.

no, that would be "partridge season"

for Wisconsin you only need to change these few:

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 Green is Better)


You or someone you know was a "Cheese/Corn/Cranberry Queen" at the county fair.


A Friday night date is getting a case of beer and taking your girlfriend shining for deer.

note just getting a six pack means you will be stopping at the gas station shortly to get more

Ya hey der Les. You gottum all right but the red tractor thing der. We all know dat green is mean and red is dead.

I didn't know that they made anything other than a BLUE tractor. What are those other things ya'll are talking about?

do they still make blue tractors anymore? under a different name maybe, plus in WI we had yellow ones too if your old enough

If ain't a Farm-All, it ain't schitt, that green stuff is used for fish cover where I'm from.

[quote=MillerMan]do they still make blue tractors anymore? [quote]

Yup! I sell them every day.

what brand are they? i thought ford gave it up and sold out

Know what a GIQ is?

Know what a "Doorwall"is?

Les I know you know what a "Party Store"is.

Your favorite movie is "Escanaba In Da Moonlight".

ROFTLMAO...........Hey!!!!! I resemble those remarks. ALOT!!

But Les, you forgot just a few. lol

You know you live in Michigan....


If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim
by, you might live in Michigan.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each
year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live
in Michigan.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
you might live in Michigan.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
year,
you might live in Michigan.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
you might live in Michigan.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead,
you might live in Michigan.

If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in
Michigan.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in
Michigan.

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed
a wrong number, you might live in Michigan.
You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when....
1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

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

6. You see people wearing fall formal wear (camouflage) at social events
(including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use
them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow.

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a deer "bow target" next to
your blue spruce.

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. "Down South" to you means Ohio .

16. A Muskrat is something you can eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

22. You drink pop and bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not
medicine.

24. You know what a Yooper is.

25. You think owning a Honda is Un- American.

26. You know that UP is a place, not a direction.

27. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.

28. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear is
a Kevlar vest.

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
your Michigan friends.
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LOL I lived in Pellston for a bit.