You Know You're From Wisconsin When

[kevbo]

• 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.
• 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/Minnesota 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 have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
• You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.
• 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.

Just thought I'd share a list from a better state...

 

[Lukeee]

You can visit Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London, and Poland all in one afternoon.

How?!

 

[gauchotrucho]

That was great. I lived and worked in Appleton for a couple of years......that definitely was cultural shock.

 

[Kyanimal]

And, trust me, he's not kidding about any of it!

Also ...

You know how to play sheeps head.

Euker is not just a last name.

Brandy, and cheese, are diet staples, in addition to brats and beer.

Never buy anything that you can get cheaper, through dealing, or elsewhere if necessary, no matter how much of a hassle it might be.

There are really only two seasons ... Winter and Road Construction.

Two feet of snow is only a minor inconvenience.

Everyone is "Family" until you get to know them better.

Name any ethnicity and they're bound to live here.

We have the best "World Class" food, from everywhere, as anybody.

Wisconsin is not nearly as "back woods" as we lead everyone else to believe.

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[Kyanimal]

How?!

They are all towns/villages right here.

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[FPNY]

isn't there a lot of cheese there?

 

[kevbo]

Ahhhhh Wisconsin.

Now that I'm in Minnesota, I'm supposed to dislike Iowans, but it's harder now since the gay marriage dohicky.

When I was a Chicagoan, I was used to the rivalry with Wisconsinites. And they equally disliked us, driving up to the Dells every summer and clogging 94.

I have a great affection for people from WI...some of my best friends are native Wisconsinites.

Minnesota and Wisconsin do have a rivalry, though. Packers/Vikings? Hello...

 

[martin6]

Being from Chicago, I feel obligated to hate Wisconsinites. But I sure do love a lot of 'em. I think I read somewhere that "Romeo and Juliet" was based on a Chicagoan falling in love with someone from Rhinelander. Or was it Wausau?

 

[Fire]

And all the way over here in Ohio, we don't really think about any of you. Ever.

Boy, what a difference that one-state buffer makes.

 

[Joshua_me]

I washed my hair in Lake Geneva and passed out in Alpine Valley.

Does that count ?

 

[SonOfSlobone]

You had your first drink in a bar with your Dad at the age of 14 -- legally.

 

[techboywi]

isn't there a lot of cheese there?

Yup....Cheese and beer...two of the best things in life

 

[frankfrank]

[*]You have gotten frost-bitten and sunburned in the same day.

[*]A brat is something that you eat.

Yum! The ones at County Stadium were great, when I was there in 1985.

(OR: if I EAT that really nasty and impolite kid, will THAT finally make him shut up?)

First sentence has been corrected for truth.

 

[kevbo]

Being from Chicago, I feel obligated to hate Wisconsinites. But I sure do love a lot of 'em. I think I read somewhere that "Romeo and Juliet" was based on a Chicagoan falling in love with someone from Rhinelander. Or was it Wausau?

Someone from Eau Claire.

 

[frankfrank]

Being from Chicago, I feel obligated to hate Wisconsinites. But I sure do love a lot of 'em. I think I read somewhere that "Romeo and Juliet" was based on a Chicagoan falling in love with someone from Rhinelander. Or was it Wausau?

Oh, THAT'S odd...I always thought that Shakespeare's play was based on two lovers from the twin towns of Joliet and Romeoville, in northeastern Illinois.

However, the other rumors I've heard about the ill-fated "two-state romance" spawning Shakespeare's play actually involved a Chicagoan falling in love with somebody from Antigo, which is somewhat closer to Wausau.

Both rumors are, of course, prevalent in Shakespearian academia, but the Doctoral Theses about the Joliet-Romeoville hypothesis are somewhat more convincing.

 

[kevbo]

Well, you know, there IS a town called Verona near Madison...

 

[Joshua_me]

BEHOLD !!!!

Their mighty cheesiness !!!!

 

[Kyanimal]

That's not REAL Cheese!! But ... it'll do!!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

P.S.

I'm not a native Wisconsinite. I was born in KY, and raised in OH. Went to college in IL, and ended up in WI by Choice!! (Or should that be ??)

 

[kevbo]

- Your state representative has been arrested for two OWIs within a month...

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news...cle_0853661a-bead-11de-9072-001cc4c03286.html

 

[G-Lexington]

You forgot "You think margarine is both pink AND a crime against humanity."

And in Wisconsin, is "Fond Du Lac" a town, or a serious situation of being out of melted cheese?

Lex