You know you're from Wisconsin when...
Go to gooogle.com or yahoo.com, enter You know you're from (your state) when... and copy the list into your journal. Then put in bold the ones that apply to you.
the local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports (5 1/2 pages for the Packers...in July!)
your best shirt has a big letter G on it.
you expect to have off of work when ever the Packers are playing.
you've ever said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team."
you refer to the Packers as WE.
someone not from around here complains about the weather, you've told them to "Wait 5 minutes, it'll change."
you have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
you've worn your winter coat to watch the fire works on the 4th of July.
you define swimming season as Labor Day weekend.
you think it's nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50.
you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
you design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
you've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard. (My mom did)
you know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction / mosquito.
the mosquitoes have landing lights.
you have more miles on your snow blower than your car and.
your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
you owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
snow tires come standard on all your cars.
you and your spouse own a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr. (My dad does that)
in winter, the trunk of your car or your garage doubles as a deep freezer.
you go out for fish fry every Friday.
you define summer as three months of bad sledding.
you drink soda and refer to your dad as pop.
your spouse uses ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
a brat is something you eat.
you frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the raccoons won't prowl on your deck.
you only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
Fleet-Farm on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
you think a cultural night out is 3 games at the bowling alley wearing a collared shirt.
you attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snow boots, or worse, your galoshes.
your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.
a Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.
you have been to a woods party.
you live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
you think everyone from south of Madison has an accent.
you can identify a Michigan accent.
down South to you means Chicago.
traveling coast to coast means going from Superior to Milwaukee.
you know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.
you have no problem spelling Milwaukee.
you can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers".
you have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.
My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that's the law.
you consider Madison exotic.
you know where the city of Waunakee is AND can pronounce it.
you can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
you can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
you can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
you think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans & a baseball cap.
you buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.
301 Venison Recipes:
The Ultimate Deer Hunter's Cookbook
at least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery.
you think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
you have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
you know which leaves make good toilet paper.
you find -20F a little chilly.
you enjoy Popsicle's or fudgesicles in the dead of winter, although it is murder on your lips!
shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar.
you were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
you know what to do with a Blatz.
you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
you've seen a hodag.
you know what a bubbler is.
you know how to polka.
the local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports (5 1/2 pages for the Packers...in July!)
your best shirt has a big letter G on it.
you expect to have off of work when ever the Packers are playing.
you've ever said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team."
you refer to the Packers as WE.
someone not from around here complains about the weather, you've told them to "Wait 5 minutes, it'll change."
you have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
you've worn your winter coat to watch the fire works on the 4th of July.
you define swimming season as Labor Day weekend.
you think it's nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50.
you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
you design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
you've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard. (My mom did)
you know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction / mosquito.
the mosquitoes have landing lights.
you have more miles on your snow blower than your car and.
your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
you owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
snow tires come standard on all your cars.
you and your spouse own a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr. (My dad does that)
in winter, the trunk of your car or your garage doubles as a deep freezer.
you go out for fish fry every Friday.
you define summer as three months of bad sledding.
you drink soda and refer to your dad as pop.
your spouse uses ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
a brat is something you eat.
you frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the raccoons won't prowl on your deck.
you only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
Fleet-Farm on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
you think a cultural night out is 3 games at the bowling alley wearing a collared shirt.
you attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snow boots, or worse, your galoshes.
your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.
a Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.
you have been to a woods party.
you live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
you think everyone from south of Madison has an accent.
you can identify a Michigan accent.
down South to you means Chicago.
traveling coast to coast means going from Superior to Milwaukee.
you know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.
you have no problem spelling Milwaukee.
you can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers".
you have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.
My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that's the law.
you consider Madison exotic.
you know where the city of Waunakee is AND can pronounce it.
you can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
you can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
you can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
you think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans & a baseball cap.
you buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.
301 Venison Recipes:
The Ultimate Deer Hunter's Cookbook
at least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery.
you think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
you have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
you know which leaves make good toilet paper.
you find -20F a little chilly.
you enjoy Popsicle's or fudgesicles in the dead of winter, although it is murder on your lips!
shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar.
you were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
you know what to do with a Blatz.
you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
you've seen a hodag.
you know what a bubbler is.
you know how to polka.