YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM WISCONSIN IF...

I heard lots of these and I'll try to add new ones when I find them! Also, the "*" means they apply to me =)

You've never met any celebrities.

*Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

*"Vacation" means playing miniature golf at the Dells.

*You measure distance in hours.

*You know several people who have hit a deer.

*Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

*You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

*Stores don't have sacks; they have bags.

You ask for a "bubbler" when you're thirsty.

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

*You "borrow" your neighbor you snowblower and hope he returns it before the next storm. (And you don't know why there are quotation marks around the word borrow in that sentence.)

A clean bowling shirt is appropriate attire for a wedding.

*You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

*You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example:
"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town, I wanna go with."

*All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain or animal.

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

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

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

*You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.

You own just three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.

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

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

*You know that a brat is something you eat.

*You know that Eau Claire is NOT something you eat.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six pages for sports.

You think that opening day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly."

You know all four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Road Construction.

*You actually get these jokes!

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