Michigan Humor... to lighten the mood here!
I received this email from a friend of mine, I just thought I'd share it with you to help lighten the mood in this drearing Michigan forum!
Enjoy!
(pretty funny and accurate)
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>1. 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.
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>2. 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.
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>3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
>You might live in Michigan.
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>4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of
>the year, you might live in Michigan.
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>5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
>there, you might live in Michigan.
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>6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of
>his forehead, you might live in Michigan.
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>7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might
>live in Michigan.
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>8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might
>live in Michigan.
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>9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
>dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan.
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>Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN / MICHIGANDER when . . .
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>1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75.
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>2. You measure distance in hours.
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>3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
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>4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
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>5. You can drive 65 mph throug h 2 feet of snow during a raging
>blizzard, without flinching.
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>6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
>weddings).
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>7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
>unlocked.
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>8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how
>to use them.
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>9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
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>10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
>with snow.
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>11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and
>road construction.
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>12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
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>13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to
>your blue spruce.
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>14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
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>15. Down South to you means Ohio.
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>16. A brat is something you eat.
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>17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.
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>18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
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>19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
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>20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
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>21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
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>22. You drink pop and bake with soda.
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>23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not
>medicine.
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>24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing
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>25. You know what a Yooper is.
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>26. You think owning a Hon da is Un-American.
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>27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction.
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>28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.
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>29. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear
>is a Kevlar vest.
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>30. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
you
>Michigan friends.
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