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
girlfriend 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 a 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.

all so true!!