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.
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.
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!
You think that the start of deer season is a national holiday.
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.
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 "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.
I'm Guilty of 99% (only have 2 ice augers, but have given it up). Have the T-shirt also, so true about the dairy Queen, and Les you are sooooooo wrong, Green is better. And Tractor Supply is for birthdays too.
Guilty of all except Tractor Supply (don't have them in da UP). that's Les's list and Riverlady's.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,without flinching.
Damn straight - one handed while the other tries to grab the wiper thru the door window to knock the ice off it.
How about if your snow blower has a beer holder on it.......
How about if your snow blower has a beer holder on it.......
My lawn mower does, though I think I'm gonna figure out a way to mount a small cooler on it somewhere. My lawn takes 3 1/2 hours to mow and I hate to stop once I get started.
Have to tip the snow blower too much, I'd spill more than I drank.
Mount the holder like the ones you get for a boat. They swing on a central pivot so they stay up right regardless of inclination of what it's attached to.
Ya dere, da UP does have a TSC, its over in da Soo.
If I could find one where it was easy to get the can out of with heavy gloves on I would do it.
Yea - gloves suck. Bota bag round the neck filled with peppermint patties is a decent alternative!
That it is, though blackberry brandy is more the flavor I tend to savor.