You Know You're From Wisconsin When. . .

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[d14truth]

"You Know You're From Wisconsin When. . .

The Amish are part of the 'culture' and not a 'cult'.

A 'viking' is an alien 'purple people eater'.

[TopQuark]

Bump for Minocqua.

[WIMom]

• +50 / +10
  • New York tenants turn on the heat
  • Wisconsinites plant gardens
• +40 / +4
  • Californians shiver uncontrollably
  • Wisconsinites sunbathe
• +35 / +2
  • Italian cars don't start
• +32 / 0
  • Distilled water freezes
• +30 / -1
  • You can see your breath
  • You plan a vacation in Florida
  • Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
  • Wisconsinites eat ice cream
• +25 / -4
  • Boston water freezes
  • Californians weep pitiably
  • Cat insists on sleeping on your bed with you
• +20 / -7
  • Cleveland water freezes
  • San Franciscans start thinking favorably of LA
  • Green Bay Packers fans put on T-shirts
• +15 / -10
  • You plan a vacation in Acapulco
  • Cat insists on sleeping in your bed with you
  • Wisconsinites go swimming
• +10 / -12
  • Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
  • Too cold to snow
  • You need jumper cables to get the car going
• 0 / -18
  • New York landlords turn on the heat
  • Sheboygan brats grilled on the patio, yum!
• -5 / -21
  • You can hear your breath
  • You plan a vacation in Hawaii
• -10 / -23
  • American cars don't start
  • Too cold to skate
• -15 / -26
  • You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
  • Miamians cease to exist
  • Wisconsinites lick flagpoles
• -20 / -29
  • Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
  • Politicians actually do something about the homeless
  • People in LaCrosse think about taking down screens
• -25 / -32
  • Too cold to kiss
  • You need jumper cables to get the driver going
  • Japanese cars don't start
  • Milwaukee Brewers head for spring training
• -30 / -34
  • You plan a two-week hot bath
  • Pilsener freezes
  • Bock beer production begins
  • Wisconsinites shovel snow off roof
• -38 / -39
  • Mercury freezes
  • Too cold to think
  • Wisconsinites button top button
• -40 / -40
  • Californians disappear
  • Car insists on sleeping in your bed with you
  • Wisconsinites put on sweaters
• -50 / -46
  • Congressional hot air freezes
  • Alaskans close the bathroom window
  • Green Bay Packers practice indoors
• -60 / -51
  • Walruses abandon Aleutians
  • Sign on Mount St. Helens: "Closed for the Season"
  • Wisconsinites put gloves away, take out mittens
  • Boy Scouts in Eau Claire start Klondike Derby
• -70 / -57
  • Glaciers in Central Park
  • Hudson residents replace diving boards with hockey nets
  • Green Bay snowmobilers organize trans-lake race to Sault Ste. Marie
• -80 / -62
  • Polar bears abandon Baffin Island
  • Rhinelander Birkebeiner
  • Girl Scouts in Eau Claire start Klondike Derby
• -90 / -68
  • Edge of Antarctica reaches Rio de Janeiro
  • Lawyers chase ambulances for no more than 10 miles
  • Minnesotans migrate to Wisconsin thinking it MUST be warmer
• -100 / -73
  • Santa Claus abandons North Pole
  • Wisconsinites pull down earflaps
• -173 / -114
  • Ethyl alcohol freezes
  • Only Door County cherries usable in brandy Manhattans
• -297 / -183
  • Oxygen precipitates out of atmosphere
  • Microbial life survives only on dairy products
• -445 / -265
  • Superconductivity
• -452 / -269
  • Helium becomes a liquid
• -454 / -270
  • Hell freezes over
• -456 / -271
  • Illinois drivers drop below 85 MPH on I-90
• -458 / -272
  • Incumbent politician renounces a campaign contribution
• -460 / -273 (Absolute Zero)
  • All atomic motion ceases
  • Wisconsinites allow as to how it's getting a mite nippy

[JenOPCer]

Wanna come with?

I never realized this was not in universal usage until I joined Free Republic. I suppose it must sound to others what beginning a sentence with "anymore" sounds like to me... *cringe*

Chicago girl forever...

[Tauzero]

"You drink soda and refer to your dad as 'pop.'"

BZZT! I drink pop.

Otherwise, list looks accurate.

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

Hey - I'm from 'Bama and I can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.....I just can't spell Oconomowoc.

Good Ol' Wisconsin ..... .... ..... with their nine months of Winter and 3 months of bad sledding.

Or, as we southeners refer to it....WisKahnsin...

I have a First Cousin that lives up there, somewhere. Last winter her dog started it's "Full Bladder Boogie" and, since she was working in her garage that morning, she opened the garage door to allow him to go and take of of 'business'.

She was unaware that it had snowed the previous night and the snow was packed as high is her garage door was tall..... The dog looked up at her just as she looked down at him - -- - she told him to just go and pee in the cornor....

[Tauzero]

"You can visit Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London, and Poland all in one afternoon."

Unfortunately, certain parts of Madison and Milwaukee can now be accurately described as "Chicagotown".

[Monitor]

North side Milwaukee BUMP!

And how about them Green Bay Packers!

[WIMom]

Milwaukee = Mawa' key

Three = tree

Let's go by Bill's house = Let's visit Bill at his house

Fond du lac = Fon ja lac

Any other Wisconsinisms?

[crossculturalmedia]

That's the best thing I've read in a looooooonnnng time! Thanks!

[Catspaw]

Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

And so does the priest.

[Genesis defender]

You forgot a few:

"Hey" is found in barns and at the end of every sentence.

You never "grill" something on your outdoor grill. You always "fry" your food.

Cookouts and barbeques do not exist; you only go to a "fry".

You think wearing a cheese wedge on your head is fashionable.

You believe every Wisconsinite should make a pilgrimage to Lambeau Field at least once in their lifetime.

You curse every time someone mentions the name of Tony Mandarich (sp?).

You know what the Lambeau Leap is, who started it, AND when it was started.

[Incorrigible]

Roof = ruff

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Pulled it out last night, eh ?
Any truth to the old story that in Wisconsin, if you fail your drivers test three times, they issue a yellow license plate ?

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

Hoo Boy!!!
#11 is Great !! !! !!

"Today's Giggle" Bump !!

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

#11 is good....but, make that #23....

[Incorrigible]

HA! I was looked at like an alien with my (formerly) thick New Jersey accent my freshman year at Marquette.

[Monitor]

Any other Wisconsinisms?

Down dere where da trolly bend's da corner round.

UCLA - University of Cudahy, down by da Lake, Aye.

[Genesis defender]

Any truth to the old story that in Wisconsin, if you fail your drivers test three times, they issue a yellow license plate ?

You mean the new Packer license plates that were issued as a fundraiser for Lambeau Fiela?