Posted on 12/08/2011 2:40:15 PM PST by cripplecreek
Not cool, Wisconsin.
Michigan has spoken: There is only one Mitten State, and were it.
The appearance of a Wisconsin-shaped mitten on TravelWisconsin.com, part of a tourism promotion, has raised some eyebrows on this side of our shared lake.
Its not that Wisconsin is entirely un-Mitten-shaped. If you squint your eyes in just such a way, perhaps after a few too many cans of Milwaukee's Best, you can sort of see where theyre coming from. But come on: Michigan is so obviously the Mitten State, its barely worth arguing. And Wisconsin already is conceding defeat.
The mitten was used as a single creative element; you guys still own the mitten, Wisconsin Department of Tourism spokeswoman Lisa Marshall told the Kalamazoo Gazette, adding that Wisconsin residents also consider their state Mitten-shaped.
Pure Michigan spokesman Dave Lorenz weighed in by chiding Wisconsin for suffering mitten envy.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
You forgot "beer guzzlin'"...
What about the UP, eh?
Simple. The UP is the left hand with the thumb pointed up, held directly above the right hand index finger. ;) Both hands are Michigan.
Exactly.
As for Wisconsin, calling it a "Mitten State" is ridiculous. It's the "Badger State" or "America's Dairyland."
The posted piece is the kind of "news story" that these virtually useless Newhouse web sites and newspapers specialize in.
BTW, isn't Vernor's - mentioned in the story - out of business or taken over by someone else?
Vernors is bottled by Pepsi-Cola, so there is no longer a “Vernors” bottling plant.
Cadbury-Schweppes owns the company.
Although I consider myself somewhat of an amateur American history maven, I confess that I had never heard of Mr. Mitten, nor for that matter, anyone by that name.
Love your graphic. May I borrow it?
LOL!
You might as well, I stole it from Wisconsin.
Oh my goodness, the impressionable children wouldn’t be allowed to play that march in most schools today because it includes that war tune, Onward Christian Soldiers. I can just see heads rolling at the school board!
Poor Mr. Sousa. He don’t get no respect.
Vernor’s is my husband’s favorite Ginger Ale. (He was raised in Detroit many moons ago.) Must be an acquired taste, It makes me sneeze.
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