- “Vacation” means going up north on I-75.
- You measure distance in hours.
- You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
- You often switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
- You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
- You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
- You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
- You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
- You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
- You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
- You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
- Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
- You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
- Down South to you means Ohio.
- A Brat is something you eat.
- Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.
- You go out to fish fry every Friday.
- Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
- You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
- You find 0 degrees “a little chilly”.
- You drink pop and bake with soda.
- Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it’s not medicine.
- You know what a Yooper is.
- You think owning a Honda is UnAmerican.
- You know that UP is a place, not a direction.
- You know it’s possible to live in a thumb.
- You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.
- You actually understand the above, and you forward this to all of your Michigan friends.
Eh!