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normally i hate stuff like this…

but it’s so true that i just have to.

disclaimer: no, not all of these apply to me - but at least 25 do… lol

You Know You’re From Michigan When…

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder. (al kaline… great ball player…)

You can identify an Ohio accent.

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt. (ew!!!!)

Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown. (my neighbor works for GM… OMG, we get so much crap… lol)

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre. (pronounce, yep… play, haven’t in awhile so i don’t completely remember)

The Big Mac is something that you drive across. (yep, it is)

You believe that “down south” means Toledo. (heck, “south” can be k-zoo even.)

You bake with soda and drink pop. (doesn’t everyone? lol)

You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right. (happens all the time here)

Your Little League baseball game was snowed out. (the odds of it aren’t impossible.)

You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike. (nah, didn’t get my boater safety cert. till 6th grade…)

You know how to pronounce “Mackinac”. (’course - and it’s not like it looks!)

The word “thumb” has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance. (yep - well, it has both)

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week. (THIS week, actually… 80 on tuesday and probably snow tomorrow. yes, i’m 100% serious.)

You expect Vernor’s when you order ginger ale. (<3 vernors)

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn’t far from Hell. (uh huh)

Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil’s Night.

Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.

At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game. (absolutely!)

You know what a millage is. (unfortunately.)

Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon. (it can…)

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.

You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand. (yep, i can do that)

You know what a “Yooper” is. (absolutely!)

Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

Half the people you know say they are from Detroit… yet you don’t personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit (yep!)

“Up North” means north of Clare. (uh huh)

You know what a pastie is. (yep… gross!)

You occasionally cheer “Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you.” (i don’t, but i’ve heard it!)

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

You don’t understand what the big deal about Chicago is. (yep)

Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball. (oh heck yeah!!!!!!)

You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you’d EVER like to know! (lake MI SUCKS in the winter.)

Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout. (who needs weightlifting?)

When giving directions, you refer to “A Michigan Left.” (close… a michigan u-turn)

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms. (don’t even need to smell the worms.. you can see them friggin everywhere!)

You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they’re wrong. (absolutely!)

The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid. (yep)

The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks. (yep)

All your shoes are called “tennis shoes”, even though no one here plays tennis anyway. (actually, yeah, i can’t deny this one too much…)

Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.

Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.

(fyi, i found the list here)