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


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To: Enough_Deceit
"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'.

21 posted on 12/04/2001 10:31:11 AM PST by d14truth
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To: Enough_Deceit
Bump for Minocqua.
22 posted on 12/04/2001 10:32:23 AM PST by TopQuark
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To: d14truth

23 posted on 12/04/2001 10:32:50 AM PST by WIMom
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To: Incorrigible
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...

24 posted on 12/04/2001 10:38:25 AM PST by JenOPCer
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To: Enough_Deceit
"You drink soda and refer to your dad as 'pop.'"

BZZT! I drink pop.

Otherwise, list looks accurate.

25 posted on 12/04/2001 10:38:51 AM PST by Tauzero
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To: Enough_Deceit
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....

26 posted on 12/04/2001 10:40:19 AM PST by Alabama_Wild_Man
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To: Enough_Deceit
"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".

27 posted on 12/04/2001 10:41:25 AM PST by Tauzero
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To: Enough_Deceit
North side Milwaukee BUMP!

And how about them Green Bay Packers!

28 posted on 12/04/2001 10:41:27 AM PST by Monitor
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To: sixtycyclehum
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?

29 posted on 12/04/2001 10:43:35 AM PST by WIMom
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To: WIMom
That's the best thing I've read in a looooooonnnng time! Thanks!
30 posted on 12/04/2001 10:43:57 AM PST by crossculturalmedia
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To: Enough_Deceit
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

And so does the priest.

31 posted on 12/04/2001 10:44:41 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: Enough_Deceit
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.

32 posted on 12/04/2001 10:44:45 AM PST by Genesis defender
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To: WIMom
Roof = ruff
33 posted on 12/04/2001 10:45:21 AM PST by Incorrigible
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To: Monitor
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 ?
34 posted on 12/04/2001 10:45:40 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: WIMom; KentuckyWoman; TNJimbob
Hoo Boy!!!
#11 is Great !! !! !!

"Today's Giggle" Bump !!

35 posted on 12/04/2001 10:46:04 AM PST by Alabama_Wild_Man
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To: Alabama_Wild_Man
#11 is good....but, make that #23....
36 posted on 12/04/2001 10:47:05 AM PST by Alabama_Wild_Man
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To: JenOPCer
HA! I was looked at like an alien with my (formerly) thick New Jersey accent my freshman year at Marquette.
37 posted on 12/04/2001 10:47:27 AM PST by Incorrigible
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To: WIMom
Any other Wisconsinisms?

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

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

38 posted on 12/04/2001 10:48:17 AM PST by Monitor
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
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?

39 posted on 12/04/2001 10:48:59 AM PST by Genesis defender
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