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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: afraidfortherepublic
I think you're right. Now I remember that I saw the interview at the YMCA while I was working out on the treadmill. I think it was Sister Bay. I just remember that she was very complimentary to Door County and said she was having a wonderful time. I think she was on both King and Hannity & Colmes from Sister Bay. It still makes me sad. She was such a bright light.

I think the local Fox News channel in Green Bay would drive up to Sister Bay (gee, I hope they got hardship pay) and set up the link. But I remember seeing her in Sister Bay & thinking, "that sure looks like the Wagon Trail." I don't think it was too far from Ted and Barbara's summer home. To think that she spent her last days in Wisconsin, and enjoying it....I kept wondering after she died if she did the final edit of her book up there. It'd be a perfect place--quiet, secluded, and away from everything.

261 posted on 12/05/2001 12:03:36 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: All
Do you remember the Wisconsin Tourism Commercial....

Wisconsin Land of 10,000 Lakes...

and ours have fish!!!!

263 posted on 12/05/2001 12:22:31 PM PST by WIright
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To: Enough_Deceit
I lived in Wisconsin for 5 1/2 years. These are great.
Here's some more:

"I seen ya der"

"I wish I had went der"

"Ya der, you betcha ay!"

Anyone who know's what cheese curds are, lived in Wisconsin.
264 posted on 12/05/2001 12:27:22 PM PST by sonserae
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To: cogitator
Those would be the "drugs" that the Yoopers run down south from Iron Mountain? One of those will stick to the ribs. Combine it with a Point Special (Blue Bullet) and if you are laying down, plan on staying there for a while.
265 posted on 12/05/2001 12:48:24 PM PST by Redleg Duke
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To: Catspaw
Ah yes, oleo. To this day I really get ticked off when we go to a nice restaurant and they bring us the rolls with margarine. I may use margarine for cooking, my kids may prefer it. However, I AM from Wisconsin and I use BUTTER! Believe me, the restaurant management ALWAYS hears about it. :-) Take care, God Bless, and Merry Christmas!
266 posted on 12/05/2001 1:35:43 PM PST by Enough_Deceit
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To: Redleg Duke
Yes, a whole pasty will put you in a coma for hours. I had a dozen of them sent to me last year - 6 beef, 6 rutabega - and they were terrible. Ended up throwing them away after sampling one of each.

That doesn't happen too often.

267 posted on 12/05/2001 5:57:31 PM PST by brewcrew
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To: brewcrew
Well, there are several superfund sites to be discovered!
268 posted on 12/05/2001 6:01:19 PM PST by Redleg Duke
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To: Enough_Deceit
However, I AM from Wisconsin and I use BUTTER!

GOOD FOR YOU, SUGAR! We're the same way. Don't EVER try to pawn that other crap off on us. Butter in the butter dish, butter in the cookies, butter for sauteing (sp?), and eggs are to be fried in butter (okay, occasionally bacon grease).

Margarine has NEVER crossed our threshold. I thank God every day that I married a woman from Wisconsin!

269 posted on 12/05/2001 6:02:33 PM PST by brewcrew
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To: Enough_Deceit
Ah yes, oleo. To this day I really get ticked off when we go to a nice restaurant and they bring us the rolls with margarine. I may use margarine for cooking, my kids may prefer it. However, I AM from Wisconsin and I use BUTTER! Believe me, the restaurant management ALWAYS hears about it. :-) Take care, God Bless, and Merry Christmas!

I can tell you the first time I ate at a Waffle House & saw this line on their menu: "We Proudly Serve Shedd's Spread" I thought I'd swoon. My grandma lived to 89 and ate butter every day. The one time my mother tried to serve oleo to my dad--well, I can safely say the air in that kitchen is probably still blue. I use oleo sometimes for baking, but we use butter for everything else. And Merry Christmas to you! I finished my shopping this week and I am sooo relieved. Next, the cards--this year, postcards (for obvious reasons).

270 posted on 12/05/2001 6:05:11 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: brewcrew
I am from Wisconsin, and married a woman from Wisconsin...took her to Californicatia, and left her there. She was baaaaad!

That is called, "Takin' outta trash...Cheesehead-style!"

271 posted on 12/05/2001 6:05:44 PM PST by Redleg Duke
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To: brewcrew
Finally back online. It will be a great game. Bears 24 Packers 21.
272 posted on 12/05/2001 8:04:30 PM PST by Wrigley
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To: BigJohn44
...open a PABST...

Back in the '70s in HS, my circle of friends attempted to have a drinking contest: Who could drink 8 beers that fastest. Anyway, the number of participants shrank to two. I was doing fine against the other guy until one of my 8 Schlitzes turned in to a Pabst. I slowed down to a crawl, the minutes ticking away, trying to down that cr@p.

Thanks to to the Blue Ribbon, it took me 34 or 36 minutes. Can't quite remember.

273 posted on 12/05/2001 9:06:11 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Enough_Deceit
National Avenue ... they probably took the streetcar or trolley out decades ago!!! LOL! I also went back for my Mom's funeral in 1975. It was so cold (March) that in two years I had forgotten that March wasn't "spring"!

"Soda" versus "pop" ... I remember people calling it "soda pop" back in the olden days!

g

274 posted on 12/06/2001 7:24:26 AM PST by Geezerette
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To: ocrobjr
Increasing your knowledge and wisdom(???) about your wife's relatives and childhood environment. Keep your {:~) handy and don't spend too much time at Vince Lombardi.com.

Go Pack!!! Go 49ers!!!

275 posted on 12/08/2001 5:33:51 AM PST by d14truth
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To: d14truth
THAT, my friend, would be a MINNESOTAN expression. Geeez... ;)
276 posted on 03/31/2004 4:25:09 PM PST by CaptainPotato8
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