> This was apparently written by Carol Snyder, a Wisconsinite living in TX. > Most of us laugh at recognizing the neighbors. > > It's supposed to get cooler this afternoon, and > I did notice that I am not dripping on the keyboard as I type this, > Ashley > > > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:04:35 -0500 > > From: Carol Snyder ( and light editing from Ashley ) > > > You know you are from Wisconsin when... > > > > Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday. > > You define summer as three months of bad sledding. ( Other definition is > > the two months allowed for highway construction ) > > Snow tires come standard on all your cars. > > You refer to the Packers as "we." > > You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week. > > You can identify an Illinois accent. ( This is the state to the > > south. They have accents, drive badly, and bring their jet ski's up here > > with them weekends ) > > You know what cow-tipping is. > > You learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your > > bike. > > Down South to you means Chicago. > > Traveling coast to coast means going from La Crosse to Milwaukee. > > A brat is something you eat. > > You know that Eau Claire is not something you eat. > > You have no problem spelling Milwaukee. > > You consider Madison exotic. > > You got a passport to go to Minnesota. ( Where the state bird IS the > > mosquito. We only joke about it ) > > 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. > > Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue > > spruce. ( The Yuppies have either a cow or a flamingo ) ( The > > natural landscapers have a large--2 ton --rock and a tamarack, which is a > > native evergreen tree, but one that sheds its needles in fall ) > > Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed. > > You go out for fish fry every Friday. ( If you do this up North, you > > go to a supper club. Milwaukee goes to a tavern ) > > 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 & a baseball cap. ( In winter, a sweater > > over the t-shirt. Most eating places and taverns say " No shoes, No shirt, > > No service" on the entry door. Formal places do not have this sign, it is > > thought unnecessary ) > > You were unaware there is a legal drinking age. > > Your 4th of July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost. > > You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it. > > You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend. > > You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, , New London & > > Poland all in one afternoon. ( On a different afternoon, Paris and New > > Berlin for canoeing. ) > > You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup. ( She forgot > > the steak sauce ) > > You design you Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit. > > You've seen mosquitoes with landing lights. > > You have more miles on your snowblower 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. > > The local paper covers major headlines on 1 page, but requires 4 pages for > > sports. ( Adults without children in school do sometimes go to the local > > football, basketball, baseball games for entertainment. What to do Friday > > night? Go to the game after the fish fry. ) > > At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant. > > Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof. > > You think the start of deer season is a national holiday. ( It actually > > is: the rest of the country calls it Thanksgiving ) > > You find 0 degrees a little chilly. (She moved to TX, remember? The > > southern part of the state thinks 15 is chilly. That's in 15 below. Up > > north, 30 is chilly. Yeah, 30 below. Southern wimps! 30 above is WARM, > > means spring comes next week) > > You know what to do with a Blatz. > > You actually understand these jokes. > > You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends. ( You think about putting > > this on the genealogy bulletin board but why should you warn the > > emigrants. Let them find out later like everyone else ) > > > > > > Carol Snyder > > University of Texas-Pan American > > Cataloging