Posted on 12/04/2001 10:07:56 AM PST by Enough_Deceit
You know your from Wisconsin when:
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
You refer to the Packers as "we."
You have gotten frost-bitten and sunburned in the same week.
You can identify and Illinois accent.
You know what cow-tipping is.
Down South to you means Chicago.
Travelling coast to coast means going from LaCrosse to Milwaukee.
A brat is something you eat.
You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.
You consider Madison exotic.
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
You know what a bubbler is.
You go out for fish fry every Friday.
You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
You know how to polka.
You drink soda and refer to your dad as "pop."
Formal wear is blue jeans and a baseball cap.
Your 4th of July Family Picknic was moved indoors due to frost.
You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.
You can visit Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London, and Poland all in one afternoon.
You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
You've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.
Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.
At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly.
You know what to do with a Blatz.
You actually understand these jokes.
You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.
The utlitmate Wisconsin cocktail is Brandy Old Fashion Sweet
That needs some rephrasing. The correct sentence is: You ARE from Wisconsin if you think Vince Lombardi is God and Brett Favre is his true prophet.
BTW, I tried to convince a pal in northern California that babies in Green Bay hospitals usually wear green & gold hats, that you can be buried in a Packer casket, that some people have entire rooms dedicated to the Packers, that some people decorate their Christmas trees with a Packers theme (including dated ornaments), that some people have gotten Packer G tattoos, and that the town comes to a screeching halt during games--except for the beer run at halftime, of course. He thought I was making it up.
Oh, yeah. I worked in a restaurant with a cocktail lounge when I was younger (much younger!) and that IS the drink of choice.
Of course, around here, a good blast of two-year-old cherry bounce on Christmas eve will take the top of your head off.
Hey, what's wrong with lutefisk? I love it!
As a transplanted FIB I can say that Wisconsin drivers are, on average, just as bad as Illinois drivers, except that some Wisconsin drivers signal when going 90 mph and they're passing you.
The "G" isn't for Green Bay, but we'll let y'all think it if you want.
"In Green Bay, you are born a Packer fan and you die one.
Kids are born in local hospitals and minutes later they are wearing baby clothes colored Packers green and gold. Old folks die and one of their last requests? To be buried in a green casket."
I thought it was Brandy Alexander or Grasshoppers.
That it's definitely not! I used to live there.
You know you're from Wisconsin when...
your guests gripe about the Paper Mill stench, and you don't even notice it, HONEST!
It's a good thing electricity is so cheap in Kaukauna; I kept all the apartment windows closed and ran the heat or A/C 24/7.
All freshly made firm cheese will squeak if you bite into it, BTW.
Green AND Gold caskets, complete with the Packer logo, NFL licensed, I'll have you know.
And I made a mistake. They shot Dan Devine's dog. Time has eroded my memory.
That's Kaukauna, all right. Someone told me, "that's the smell of money." Money don't smell like that :-))
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
We won last night, wasn't it grand?
Thanks for the ping!
I moved to Wisconsin from New Jersey as a senior in high school. (many years ago) My new friends repeatedly asked me to say "highway" and "owl" for their endless amusement. I've mastered "highway" but "owl" is beyond me.
I love Sheepshead and beer so I fit it very well now.
Yes, it is a liberal cesspool. Pity, it's a beautiful town surrounded with great fishing and abundant golf and hunting opportunities. Most of Wisconsin views the opening of deer season as a holiday. In Madison the freaks drive around with "hunters" strapped to the roofs of their cars. This is the town that for a time banned the use of lyrics to the national anthem and I believe the use of the pledge of allegiance in schools. They are for the most part nuts.
Whenever I visit my folks who moved to a town near Madison last year (to escape the taxes and liberals) I like to read the editorial page of the Madison paper. I remind me that even though Iowa has its share of leftists, they’re small time compared to the radicals in Madison.
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