When...
You consider Cedar Point a Vacation!
You design your Halloween costumes to fit over snow suits.
The men are men, and so are the women.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
Your school has been divided into 3 parts - MSU fans, U of M fans, and the neutral/other ones EVERYONE's against for not being on their side.
You only get a snowday if you have so much snow the snowplows can't get through a 4 in the morning.
You and your friends pray for ice days (You know, when the snow melts and refreezes).
The snowmobile outlet on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the opening of Deer Season, which you consider a National Holiday
You know the "Big Mac" is something that you drive over.
The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Not Winter and Almost Winter.
Owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your hometown.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre
You can explain the difference between yoopers, trolls and fudgies.
You have no problem spelling names like Mackinac, Tahquamenon and Ypsilanti.
You know that it's usually warmer in Hell than in Paradise.
You know all the lyrics to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
The word “thumb” has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
You bake with soda and drink pop.
You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze... Solid.
You expect Vernor’s when you order ginger ale.
You live for the words "white Christmas". NOT having one is just...unheard of.
Half the people you know have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn’t far from Hell.
You keep salt in your garage to unfreeze the ice.
At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.
Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh
You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
You have experienced frostbite & sunburn in the same week
Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction
You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
You define summer as 3 months of bad sledding.
You think that everyone from a bigger city has an accent
You've never met any celebrities.
You end your sentences with unnessicarry prepositions...such as "where is my coat at" or "if you're going i wanna come with"
You know all four seasons:winter, almost winter, hotter than hell, and construction.
You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
You know several people who have hit a deer.
You think everyone from other states have accents
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are all filled with snow!
You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
You've had to switch from "heat" to "AC" in the same day
Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.
Your little league game was snowed out.
When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
YOU ACTUALLY "GET" THESE JOKES, TELL THEM TO ALL YOUR MICHIGAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY! Here's a cute poem that my friend Emailed to me! WHY I LOVE MICHIGAN When it's winter time in Michigan, and the gentle breezes blow, MICHIGAN TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART 50 above 40 above 32 above 20 above 15 above 0 - 20 below 40 below 60 below 80 below 100 below 297 below 460 below 500 below
About forty-five miles an hour and it's twenty-two below.
You can tell you're in Michigan 'cause the snow's up to your
butt,
And you take a breath of winter air and your nose holes both
freeze shut.
The weather here is wonderful, so I guess I'll hang around,
I could never leave Michigan. My feet are frozen to the ground!
60 above
Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats.
People in Michigan sunbathe.
New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
People in Michigan plant gardens.
Italian cars won't start.
Michiganders drive with the windows down.
Distilled water freezes.
Lake Michigan's water gets thicker.
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Michigan people have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
Michiganders throw on a sweatshirt.
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Michigan lick the flagpole.
People in Miami cease to exist.
Michigan people get out their winter coats.
Hollywood disintegrates.
Michigan's Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.
Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica.
Michigan's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.
Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
Michigan people rent some videos.
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Michigan people get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.
Microbial life survives on dairy products.
Michigan cows complain of farmers with cold hands.
ALL atomic motion stops.
Michigan people start saying...."Cold 'nuff for ya?"
Hell freezes over.
The Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl
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