You know you're from Michigan (or at least have lived here) when...

OK, I found this list on facebook, and I laughed my head off. These are SOO true. Sean and I learned quickly that we were devil-people for driving two foreign cars. If you think of any to add, put them in the comments section. I might think of a few over the next few days:)


You Know You're From Michigan When...(In honor of the Tigers..)*You know you're from Michigan if you know why to be amazed that the Tigers are actually in the World Series*
*You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
*You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
*You can identify an Ohio accent.
*Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt. (I have no clue what smelt is?? Do I want to know?!?)
*If during the summer there are more out of town plates than Michigan plates.
*Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
*You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
*The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
*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 learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
*You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
*The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
*You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
*You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.- I LOVE Vernor's! Never heard of it til MI.
*You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
*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.
*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.
*You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."
*Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
*At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry. -This is a lie. More like 50%
*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!
*Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
*Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
*When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left." aka Michigan U-Turn
*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. -SOOO TRUE!!
*The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
*The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
*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.
*Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
* when your relatives call you a troll because you live "under" the bridge.
*You know you're from Michigan when your idea of a family vacation is going to Cedar Point
*You know you're from Michigan when going to the "party store" isnt to buy balloons. It's to buy beer.
*You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.