You Know You're From Michigan...

I was born, raised, and educated in Michigan. This was forwarded to me, and I've added a little of mine own touches.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MICHIGAN IF:

1. You've never met any celebrities.
   
   
2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point (every year).
   
   
3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.
   
   
4. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian....eh?
   
   
5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
   
   
6. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.
   
   
7. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
   
   
8. It's easy to get VERNOR'S ginger ale, Better Made chips, SANDERS hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.
   
   
9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac" (Mack-in-awe, not Mack-in-ack). Also Sault Ste. Marie (it's pronounced Soo, not Salt).
   
   
10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day (during daylight hours!).
    
    
11. You bake with SODA and drink POP.
    
    
12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
    
    
13. Your little league game was snowed out (more than once). Have you ever seen ice on a lake on Memorial Day? I mean a big lake - Lake Superior. I have it on videotape.
    
    
14. The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance. Even if you live in the U.P.
    
    
15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand (that's for the U.P. - most Michiganders use the right hand). If you've lived at both ends of the state, you hold up both hands and have your wife point for you!
    
    
16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon (East-West on highways I69 and I96). Or for a shorter trip, from Marquette to Escanaba (Lake Superior to Lake Michigan - via US41). Michigan Map
    
    
17. You measure distance in minutes (OK, sometimes hours - it's 12 hours from one end of Michigan to another).
    
    
18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
    
    
19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't far from Hell.
    
    
20. Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction. And they overlap. A lot.
    
    
21. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas. (Oh Yeah!!!)
    
    
22. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms. (or fish!)
    
    
23. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
    
    
24. You believe that "down south" means Toledo. Unless you live in the U.P. - then "down south" means Green Bay, WI.
    
    
25. You plan to move to Minnesota, and your friends ask why you would move to someplace so cold. Only the move is 6 hours SOUTH! (Houghton, MI in the U.P. to Minneapolis/St. Paul - check it out on a map - there's a link below).
    
    
26. YOU ACTUALLY "GET" THESE JOKES AND FORWARD THEM ON TO ALL YOUR MICHIGAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY ! !

Mapquest of the Midwest   My former home of Houghton is in the U.P. in the "thumb" sticking up into Lake Superior (just under the T in Thunder Bay). I live now in Saint Paul. Which one do you think gets more severe weather?