I'm still a Michigander at heart

[kazoojew]

I haven't done a fun entry in a while, and I liked this one, so I yoinked it from beatgirl.

OK, so if you go to Google and type in "You know you're from (your state) when..." you'll get the following results... (I bolded the items that apply to me.)

Comments

[ruakh]

I'd have a few more in common with the Michigan list than you had - I've never met a celebrity, I generally drive 86 on the freeway (when in Michigan and the weather isn't crappy, which admittedly isn't all that often), and when the list was e-mailed to me, I did forward it to a bunch of Michigander friends (including you, I think).

I'd have several on the Ohio list that you didn't, but you also had several that I wouldn't have, so I'm not sure who's in the lead. You can't spell Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas?

Serpent Mound, for those who are unaware, is a huge mound in the shape of a serpent, one of the best surviving examples of the mounds built by the aptly-named Mound Builders (a prehistoric American culture about which fairly little is known). Many of the mounds seem to have been cemeteries, but not all.

[kazoojew]

I don't remember the forward, but I don't really read forwards anyway. I can spell Cuyahoga, but I had never heard of Tuscarawas.

[beatgirl]

I can spell Cuyahoga, but not the other one.

I love speeding. I just jumped up to Michigan twice in the past couple of weeks and it was wonderful, aside from the speeding. I miss being able to point out where I am on my hand. Of course, I would move back there in a heartbeat, but I'd need to have a winter home somewhere to escape the cold.

Mmmpf, Ohio. Blarg.

[tos1981]

i'm kinda embarassed about some of the ohio ones, but I had to learn about the serpent mounds in ohio history class, i definately had halloween costumes made to fit over snow suits, i sometimes end my sentences with unneccessary prepositions, and my local paper definately uses more pages on sports.

oh and as for the michigan ones, how have you never refered to a michigan left, those things had to have been about the craziest thing i had to get used to up there, why can't you people just turn left at a light like normal people :)

[ruakh]

Our part of Michigan doesn't really have "Michigan lefts"; I can only think of one in all of Kalamazoo county.

(For those who don't know, a "Michigan left" is where the street is set up such that instead of making a left, you have to make a right followed by a U-turn.)

[saxonthebeach]

They have those in New Jersey, but they call them "jughandles".

Nice try

[kazoojew]

A Michigan left is different from a jug handle, except they are both pains in the tuxus. A Michigan left entails driving past the intersection, making a U-turn (as Ran said) at a designated spot in the median, and then turning right where you initially wanted to turn left.

But yeah, that's mainly for stupid Detroiters.

Color me Jersey

[kellev]

You know you're from New Jersey when..."

You've been seriously injured at Action Park.

You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York (usually The Bronx) or Texas.

You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges."

You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."

You've ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast.

You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.

You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 am.

Whenever you park, there's a Camaro within three spots of you.

You remember that the "Two Guys" were from Harrison.

You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.

At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know what town Jon Bon Jovi is from.

You know what a "jug handle" is.

You know that a WaWa is a convenience store.

You know that the state isn't all farmland.

You know that there are no "beaches" in new Jersey - there's "The Shore," and you know that the road to the shore is "The Parkway

dude, i am jerseyer than thou

[jerseyjess]

Yeah, just call me jerseyjess...

You know you're from New Jersey when..."

You've been seriously injured at Action Park.

You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York (usually The Bronx) or Texas.

You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges."

You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."

You've ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast.

You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.

You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 am.

Whenever you park, there's a Camaro within three spots of you.

You remember that the "Two Guys" were from Harrison.

You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.

At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know what town Jon Bon Jovi is from.

You know what a "jug handle" is.

You know that a WaWa is a convenience store.

You know that the state isn't all farmland.

You know that there are no "beaches" in new Jersey - there's "The Shore," and you know that the

Re: dude, i am jerseyer than thou

[kellev]

I guess that's why I'm not JerseyKellev ;)