You Know You're From Wisconsin When. . .

email ^ | 12-4-01 | Unknown

[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.

[Taylor]

You wouldn't happen to work for a power company, would you?

[Taylor]

CUDAHY? Cripes, they really get beaten up on. O.K., here's one, it's a little dicey so you'll have to pardon me if you blush: "My wife asked me to kiss her where it stinks, so I drove her to cudahy". (sorry, I know it's bad but it is hilarious) Hey, I was born in Cudahy - Trinity Hospital. That is too funny though. Is the meat processing plant still open there?

[lkside]

How about going to the Piccadilly Bar on Main St. (after curfew in the mid '60's) and meeting the REAL Packers? (long gone pub) P. Hornung, etc! As for brats, grill first about 2/3 way and THEN put in a coffee can on the grill top, fill with beer to tops of brats, and simmer. You'll never have a dry, wrinkled brat again. ......anyone else STILL have your 18 yr ID card for Wisc "teen bars"???

[nonliberal]

You wear dairy products as headgear.

[Enough_Deceit]

"You don't know how to use spell-check. "

I know how to use spell-check when I am doing something other than posting here. I haven't gotten that advanced here yet. I would truly appreciate any pointers you would be willing to share. Take care and God bless.

[BigJohn44]

I guess I'll go drown my sorrows in a can of POP!!!!

When I was a kid we'd go on vacation UP NORTH in Wisconsin and drink lots of POP. After a while my mom would say, you kids stop drinking all that POP and go get a drink of water out of the BUBBLER.

For dinner, we'd have BRATS and more POP. Dad would crack open a PABST and we'd fish some walleye and. . .man, I miss those days.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Man, I miss those boiled peanuts the neighbor used to make...

[Tennessee_Bob]

You know you're from Arizona when you know where Wickenburg, Wickieup are...and you've been to Nowhere.

[watcher1]

Bret Favre bump!
( nice win last night! )

[WRhine]

For dinner, we'd have BRATS and more POP. Dad would crack open a PABST and we'd fish some walleye and. . .man, I miss those days.

I have similar memories as a kid and am still doing it 30 some years later. Aside from the fact that Upper Wisconsin is more traveled these days, the northwoods still has some of that old feel to it.

[Tennessee_Bob]

(too militaristic you know).

Yeah, I know what you mean. The Chinese National Anthem is a song of great love and peace....

Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!
With our flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall!
The Chinese nation faces its greatest danger.
From each one the urgent call for action comes forth.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
Millions with but one heart,
Braving the enemy's fire.
March on!
Braving the enemy's fire.
March on! March on! On!

[Tennessee_Bob]

(what kind of coke you want honey?). Durn Yankees...

What you want to bet they drink their tea hot too?

[WRhine]

Da Bears are da luckiest team in the NFL this year. That's okay, though, because eventually luck runs out.

Lucky uh. We will see about that 5 days from now when Da Bears kick Da Packers a$$ in Lambo Field.

[BigJohn44]

Aside from the fact that Upper Wisconsin is more traveled these days, the northwoods still has some of that old feel to it.

I visit the north woods at least twice a year. It is one of the best-kept secrets there is. There is no more peaceful place in the country. I agree, though, that there are a few more people than there used to be, but it's not too bad.

[Redleg Duke]

As a native Badger, now living in New Hampshire...YOU ARE MAKING ME HOMESICK!

[Catspaw]

Lucky uh. We will see about that 5 days from now when Da Bears kick Da Packers a$$ in Lambo Field.

Uh huh. Try getting tickets for the game (much less finding a place to park your car at Lambeau, what with the remodeling & all). Your boys will find Lambeau filled with about 60,000 screamin' Packers fans and four frightened Bear fans. I mean, we'll be nice to them & all, but if they cheer at the *wrong* time (if you get what I mean), it could be trouble. BTW, Favre is undefeated at Lambeau when the temperature at Lambeau is 31 degrees or lower at kickoff. The high for the day will be 32--and I expect the kickoff temp to be around 26. Good luck.

Packers by 8.

[WIladyconservative]

And we drink our tea UNSWEETENED!

[MozartLover]

After further review, THE BEARS STILL SUCK.

[MozartLover]

[brewcrew]

Lucky uh. We will see about that 5 days from now when Da Bears kick Da Packers a$$ in Lambo Field.

Whoa - put down that gun. Just a little friendly comptetition. You have to admit that the Bears have had a whole lot of lucky breaks this year. They are about 4 plays away from being 4-5 right now. And to have the Lions' kicker miss 3 field goals - c'mon, admit it, they're the luckiest team in the NFL this year. Not that that's a bad thing if you're a Bears' fan - lucky can be a very good thing.

I can't figure out the NFL anymore. Anybody beats anybody else on any given day. Maybe da Bears are God's team of destiny this year, but I think the Packers have other ideas. We'll see on Sunday.

Embrace the good fortune, my friend. Eventually it runs out.