You know you're from Wisconsin when ...

[Katie Reynolds]

Recieved this in an e-mail ... I think even the non-Wisconsinites on the board will enjoy this!

You know you are a true Wisconsinite when:

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

2. "Vacation" means going up north past Crivitz for the weekend.

3. You measure distance in hours.

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

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

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

7. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

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

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

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

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

13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

15. You refer to the Packers as "we."

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

17. You can identify an Illinois accent.

18. You have no problem spelling Milwaukee and you can pronounce Oconomowoc.

19. You consider Madison exotic.

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

21. Down South to you means Chicago.

22. A brat is something you eat.

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

24. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

25. You know how to polka.

26. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

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

28. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Wisconsin friends!!

Man, I am so guilty of almost all of these - especially measuring distance in hours!

- Katie

[GateRunner]

Lets see.....
2, 3, 15, 18, and 29 (At least) are true of me, and I can sing Weird Al polkas, which is only half bad.

I may live in Florida, but im still a cheesehead

[Earl of the CC]

Man, I am so guilty of almost all of these - especially measuring distance in miles!

Uhhhhhhhhh...

[Katie Reynolds]

Er ... time

- Katie

[LBK Rules]

Originally posted by Katie Reynolds
7. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

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

26. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

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

28. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

I think us Virginians are going to be doing that this year.

[FotoPlasma]

But... Madison is exotic...

Freaky Mid-Westerners...

[Katie Reynolds]

Thought I'd bring this back to the top, since we're playing the "You know you're from/in _______ when ...."

I have a few more to add to the list ....

The mosquitoes have landing lights
You have 10 favorite recipes for venison
You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard
You think everyone from the city has an accent
You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car
The local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports
At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant
The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun
Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof
You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday
You head south to go to your cottage
You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't prowl on your deck
You know which leaves make good toilet paper
The major parish fundraiser isn't bingo - its sausage making
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer
You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snowmobile boots
The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus
You know how to correctly use a "bubbler"

Almost all of these work for (upper) Michigan as well!!

[Elyse Holguin]

I will forever hold the Wisconsin memory of somewhere between a rock and a rap station on the ride from Milwaukee to Appleton hearing some hardcore polka (yes, polka can get hardcore). I had to call my best friend so she'd believe me. Wisconsin has some weird things going on up there.

[dubious elise]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

You know how to correctly use a "bubbler"

katie, that should have been at the top of the list, we wisconsinites all know that its the most important

[Astronouth7303]

"You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching."

That's scary, I didn't even know that was possible. We get the occasional lake-effect snow. (Grand Rapids, almost too far in-land)