I really should be working

[puszysty]

but...I found online
You know you're from small town USA when...
You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.

There's no place to go that you shouldn't.

A "Night on the Town" takes only 11 minutes.

You have to name six surrounding towns to explain to people where you're from.

You can name everyone you graduated with.

You know what 4-H is.

You were ever in the Homecoming parade. (i was in college though too...)

It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.

You had senior skip day.

The whole school went to the same party after graduation.

The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty" but is actually just like your town.

The people in the city dress funny, then you pick up on the trend a few years later.

Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference

Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday

Weekend excitement involves a trip to the grocery store.

Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.

You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.

Your teachers call you by your older siblings names.

Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.

You can charge at all the local stores.

Everyone who played sports had to play on every type of team, or there wouldn't be enough people to have a team.

and You Know You're From Michigan When

Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

You bake with soda and drink pop.

You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.

Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".

The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.

You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.

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

You know what a millage is.

Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

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.

You know what a "Yooper" is.

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

"Up North" means north of Clare.

You know what a pastie is.

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.

All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.

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

You can remember when your town finally got cable.

You know exactly where to go when the party is at "the lake".

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[ledadada.livejournal.com]

You know what 4-H is.
You had senior skip day

I know these two and I don't consider Austina small town. But it is the south...

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
My friend from Chicago used to tell me about this. She said the dog would freak out and bark at them. hehe. I bet it's a sight.

[ledadada.livejournal.com]

oh and I know about Kalamazoo b/c that's where Derek Jeter is from!

[puszysty.livejournal.com]

Really? that's pretty sweet.

btw I think Hell is actually like 2 hours from Kalamazoo so the guy who wrote these lied.

[freelancermsc.livejournal.com]

Round trip from Heaven, MI to Hell, MI and back, 666 Miles

[freelancermsc.livejournal.com]

btw, its funny how many of those apply, easily over half, prolly over 3/4, if not higher, BUT im too lazy to count :-)

[therealsolitare.livejournal.com]

You Know You're From Wisconsin When...
You can taste a difference in cheese made somewhere else

You own at least one tie with a or peice of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme

You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac.

You can correctly spell Milwaukee.

You know what "bubbler" means.

At least one of your family members works / worked in a cheese factory.

A holstein cow outside of Wisconsin makes you miss home.

You can taste the difference between apples grown up north and the ones that you can buy in the south.

When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we".

When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt.

The family gets together every week for fish fry at the local pub.

You know what a brat is, and they're at every outdoor event that your family has ever had.

You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items.

Your love you outdoor pool because of how it doubles as an ice skating area during the winter.

You can tell the difference between the smell of cow manure and pig manure.

You have watched Fargo and not noticed an accent.

You drive around with the air conditioning on until it hits 30 degrees, because it just was so darn hot outside.

The local paper needs 6 pages to cover the Packers... in July!

Your best shirt has a big letter G on it.

You've said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team."

You think it's nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50.

You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr.

Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.

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 can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers".

You have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.

You consider Madison exotic.

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

You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.

You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.

At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery.

You know what to do with a Blatz.

You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsinm Madison.

You're a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it.

You can use the word "ya der hey" easily in a sentence

You hear someone use the words "uff-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.

Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

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

You know how to polka

You own a cheesehead

You have cow pharaphenilia around your house, including your pajama pants

You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away.

You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

FFA was the most popular club in high school

You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.

There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning

Country Kitchen is the place to meet after the party

You have ever seen or played in a "broom ball" game.

You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above.

You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair.

You can't be friends with a Vikings fan

Your idea of diversity is having black, white, and brown cows.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Wisconsin.


Sadly, a lot of these apply to me... :/

[puszysty.livejournal.com]

Well everyone from our area can identify an Illinois person by their driving, and I sure know what an FIB is. However, I don't think I even want to know which other ones apply to you up der eh.