peachville | You know you are from Wisconsin when... (Reply)

I figured why not...

Gakked from krabapple.

1. Go to Google (or Yahoo) and type, "You know you're from (your state) when..."
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you.

You know you are from Wisconsin when...

Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
      (Not my family, but it's really common to see people decked out in Packers stuff.)

You refer to the Packers as "we."
      (Not I, for I do not enjoy the football, but again...oh so, very sadly, common.)

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

"Vacation" means going up nort' to Crivitz for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.

You use a down comforter in the summer - and gloves.
     (Less of the gloves...but yes.)

You drive at 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
     (No, I am not that crazy!)

You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think of the major food groups as venison, fish, and berries.

There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Fleet Farm at any given time.

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.

You buy your Christmas presents at Fleet Farm.

You know what cow-tipping is.
     (Horrible practice, but why would anyone want to get that close to one of those smelly things??)

You carry jumper cables in your car and your ~~girlfriend~~ knows how to use them.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

Your definition of a small town is one that has only one bar.
     (Our bars-to-people ratio is so very pathetic. I know Unincorporated communities that have more than one bar--or at least the neighboring Unincorporated community that also has a bar is within 15 minutes walking distance!)

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

At least 50% of your relatives work on a dairy farm.

You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.

You can identify an Illinois or Michigan accent.

You learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike.

Down South to you means Chicago.

Traveling coast to coast means going from La Crosse to Milwaukee.

The "Big Three" means Miller, Old Milwaukee & PBR.

You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
     (Beer is gross.)

You know a brat is something you eat and Eau Claire is not.

You were offended by the movie "Fargo".
      (Never seen it.)

You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.

You can pronounce and spell Oconomowoc.

You know where Waukesha is and can pronounce it.

You consider Madison exotic.

You got a passport to go to Minnesota.

Your ides of foreign culture is listening to Da Yoopers.

You know what a bubbler is.
      (I do also call it a water fountain.)

Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.

A Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.

Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.

You go out for fish fry every Friday.

You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.

You've seen a hodag.

You know how to polka.
       (Although I haven't done it for like 20 years.)

Formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans & a baseball cap.

You used to think Deer Season was a national holiday.

You know Gotham is a real city.
      (No, but I have heard of (and passed by) Waldo--yes, I did say "So that's where Waldo is!" non-sarcastically.)

You can make sense out of the words upnort and Trivers.
      (Seriously annoying!)

You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.

You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.

You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
       (Less of the snowsuit, but definately with warmth & not having exposed skin in the bitter cold.)

You go to work in a snowsuit in the morning and return home wearing shorts.

You've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.

Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

The local paper covers major headlines on 1 page, but requires 4 pages for sports.

At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

Your children describe their summer vacation out of state as a "trip to Door County."

You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

You have caught a fish in Lake Michigan and it glowed in the dark.

You define swimming season as Labor Day weekend.

Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.

You find 0 degrees a little chilly.

The snow on your roof in August weighs more than you do.

You have been involved in a "drive-by hay bailing".

You drink "soda" and refer to your dad as "pop".