[Theo]

Hey! I grew up in Iron Mountain, and went to school in Houghton and graduated from Northern! I do hope "Yooper" dialect stays. I suspect their affection for the dialect is less militaristic than other people groups'....

Ah, pasties. If you're from Wisconsin, you use gravy. But if you're wanting to truly appreciate a pasty, you eat it with ketchup, the way it was meant to be eaten. :-)

I still tell stories to friends of how in high school, the school cafeteria was in the basement of a Roman Catholic church, and how we'd never have red meat on Fridays. Tuna spaghetti! Whew!

Ah, the UP.... I hope outsiders don't discover it.

[Catspaw]

If you're from Wisconsin, you use gravy.

HEY! I resemble that remark!!