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You know you're from michigan when...

bmacd

Lifer
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YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MICHIGAN IF:

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. (and friends too)

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 VERNOR'S ginger ale, SANDERS hot fudge sauce & Faygo
pop.

9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".

10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.

11. You bake with SODA and drink POP.

12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny.You consider it a documentary.

13. Your little league game was snowed out.

14. The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.

15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand.

16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

17. You measure distance in minutes.

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

19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't 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. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

25. Or you go easter egg hunting in 1 foot of snow...

-=bmacd=-
 

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
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hehe, im about 50% michigan according to that...and i've never lived there. visited a few times!

and euchre is an awesome game!
 

Electrode

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May 4, 2001
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Well, I guess I'm officially a Michigander than.

/me is staring at an empty bottle of Faygo Redpop right now

dman6666: Look here for an explanation.
 

tcsenter

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I'm sure you can work "up north" in the vacaction part. Or maybe that's an extended weekender thing. What are you doing this weekend? Going "up north".

You know you're from Michigan when every business, ranging from you dentist to the local drug store, begins advertising "deer hunter's specials" around mid-October.

Being in California for the past year, I remember in October wondering "where are all the bags of carrots, beets, and apples at every gas station?"
 

radioouman

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Nov 4, 2002
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Originally posted by: dman6666
I'm not, so out of curiousity, what is a Michigan Left?


:)

You can't make left turns at many intersections in Michigan. Instead, you have to drive past the intersection and make a U-turn. THat's a Michigan left! :)

 

tcsenter

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Sep 7, 2001
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You can't make left turns at many intersections in Michigan. Instead, you have to drive past the intersection and make a U-turn. THat's a Michigan left!
That particular design of traffic flow largely seems exclusive to the Greater Detroit area. I've been all over Michigan, and there is nothing like that elsewhere; not Grand Rapids, not Flint, not Saginaw, not Bay City, not Midland, not Holland, not Benton Harbor, not Muskegon, not Kalamazoo, not Battle Creek, etc.

Maybe it should be called a "Detroit Left". ;)
 

Fausto

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Nov 29, 2000
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I'm obviously still a Michiganian at heart, since I was LMAO at that list. :D

I don't see any mention of pasties being considered a food group of their own, tho..... ;)
 

BurnItDwn

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Oct 10, 1999
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Pastries rule ...

From Illinois ... about half of those rules are true here as well
 

mpitts

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Jun 9, 2000
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Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Pastries rule ...

From Illinois ... about half of those rules are true here as well

Not pastries. Pasties. Mmmm.. I am definitely a Michigander, despite my 4-year absence.
 

Analog

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aren't pasties what girls put on their parts to cover them at strip clubs?
 

Fausto

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Nov 29, 2000
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Originally posted by: yellowfiero
aren't pasties what girls put on their parts to cover them at strip clubs?
Those are "pay-stees", we're talking about "pah-stees". They're a pastry "hot-pocket" thingy filled with meat and veggies (rutabega in particular). Introduced to upper MI by cornish miners working in the copper mines. You can't swing a cat near Mackinac and not hit a pasty shop.

EDIT- I have a pretty good recipie if any of you non-mich people want to try them out. It's pretty easy, plus you can freeze them uncooked and just toss them in the oven whenever you don't feel like cooking...very handy.
 

rgwalt

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I live 10 minutes from Michigan. Maybe that is why I found some of those so amusing.

Ryan
 

TheKub

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Originally posted by: tcsenter
You can't make left turns at many intersections in Michigan. Instead, you have to drive past the intersection and make a U-turn. THat's a Michigan left!
That particular design of traffic flow largely seems exclusive to the Greater Detroit area. I've been all over Michigan, and there is nothing like that elsewhere; not Grand Rapids, not Flint, not Saginaw, not Bay City, not Midland, not Holland, not Benton Harbor, not Muskegon, not Kalamazoo, not Battle Creek, etc.

Maybe it should be called a "Detroit Left". ;)

I'll say, I had to make a few of thoes to make it to the Detroit AMD XP tour. GOD I hate driving in Detroit.
 

Lucky

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Hey, michigan people.

Im applying for a job in michigan, in st. joseph. anyone heard of this town? how is it?