How to tell if you're a true Wisconsinite...

T3Kmitch · 06-14-2006, 11:37 PM

You were born in Wisconsin
You can taste a difference in cheese or milk made somewhere else. (or have never tasted cheese or milk from somewhere else)
You own at least one tie or piece of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme.
You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac.
You can correctly spell Milwaukee.

You know what "bubbler" means.
Your pretty sure your parents (especially father) will dis-own you if you stop being a Packer fan.
When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt.
You know what a brat is, and they're at every outdoor event that your family has ever had.
You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items.

You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr.
Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
You can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers".
You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery.

You consider using your life savings to go to a Packer game
Down South to you means Chicago
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
You can use the word "ya der hey" easily in a sentence
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

You own a cheesehead.
You know how to polka .
You're a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it.
You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away.
You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and sausages.

You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were cancelled because of the cold.
Your school classes were cancelled because of the heat.
You switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning
You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, or Oktoberfest.
You have partied at all of the above mentioned fest and some others
You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair.
You have cow pharaphenilia around your house, including your pajama pants

You measure distance in hours.
You drive at 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. (We laugh at southerners who stop driving when there's a dusting of snow. If you can't handle it, get off the road, or get run over--stupid southerners)
you think vegetarians shouldnt be allowed in Wisconsin
You have ever worn your Halloween costume over a snowsuit.
You know what cow-tipping is.

It's called soda.
You bring your groceries home in a bag
You consider Madison exotic.
You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat.
You have used your hand as a map of Wisconsin.

You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
You refer to the Packers as "we".
You have been to a city with more bars then stores and churches combined.
You believe Wisconsin really is the good life and could never leave.

Pringles · 06-14-2006, 11:42 PM

most of thats true and hilarious, i should know, i'm born and raised in wisconsin

Horsepower · 06-15-2006, 03:54 AM

what's a bubbler?

DANtotheBROWN · 06-15-2006, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T3Kmitch

When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt.

You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.

In Minnesota, jacket weather is a strict -10 and under.

And the deer opener IS a reason to celebrate.

But seriously, the Packers suck ass.