You might be a Michigander if......

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1. If you consider it a
> > sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
> inches of
> > ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food
> will swim
> > by, you might live in Michigan .
> >
> > 2. If you're proud that your region makes the
> national
> > news 96 nights each year because Pellston is
> the
> > coldest spot in the nation, you might live in
> Michigan
> >
> > 3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November
> > through March, you might live in Michigan .
> >
> > 4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five
> months
> > out of the year, you might live in Michigan .
> >
> > 5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and
> they
> > don't work there, you might live
> in Michigan.
> >
> > 6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving
> around
> > the middle of his forehead, you might live in Michigan
> .
> >
> > 7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same
> time, you
> > might live in Michigan .
> >
> > 8. If your town has an equal number of bars and
> churches,
> > you might live in Michigan .
> >
> > 9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation
> with
> > someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in
> > Michigan .
> >
> >
> Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when . .
> > .
> > 1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75
> >
> > 2. You measure distance in hours.
> >
> > 3. You know several people who have hit a deer more
> than
> > once.
> >
> > 4. You often switch from "heat" to
> > "A/C" in the same day.
> >
> > 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during
> a
> > raging
> > blizzard, without
> > flinching.
> >
> > 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events
> > (including weddings)..
> >
> > 7. You install security lights on your house and
> garage and
> > leave both unlocked.
> >
> > 8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your
> girlfriend
> > knows how to use them.
> >
> > 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit
> over
> > a snowsuit.
> >
> > 10. Driving is better in the winter because the
> potholes
> >
> are filled
> > with snow.
> >
> > 11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter,
> winter,
> > still winter and road construction.
> >
> > 12. You can identify a southern or eastern
> accent.
> >
> > 13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of
> a
> > deer next to your blue spruce.
> >
> > 14. You were unaware that there is a legal
> drinking
> > age..
> >
> > 15. Down South to you means Ohio .
> >
> > 16. A brat is something you eat.
> >
> > 17. Your neighbor throws a party to
> > celebrate his new pole barn.
> >
> > 18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
> >
> > 19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to
> > frost.
> >
> > 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your
> car.
> >
> > 21. You find 0 degrees "a little
> chilly."
> >
> > 22. You
> drink pop and bake with soda.
> >
> > 23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and
> you
> > know it's not
> > medicine.
> >
> > 24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing.
> >
> > 25. You know what a Yooper is.
> >
> > 26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American.
> >
> > 27. You know that UP is a place, not a
> direction.
> >
> > 28. You know it's possible to live in a
> thumb.
> >