What "truisms" are said about your part of the world?

[Anne]

Here's mine.  I live in Michigan.


Are you aware that Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan ?  Read on.
(pretty funny and fairly accurate)

1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
you might live in Michigan .

2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each
year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in
Michigan .

3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through March, you might
live in Michigan .

4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year,
you might live in Michigan .

5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
you might live in Michigan .  (Very true!  Some visitors have trouble believing this.)

6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, (or at the top of his ankles) you might live in Michigan .

7. If you have worn shorts and a coat within 24 hours, you might live in
Michigan .

8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in
Michigan .

9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed
a wrong number, you might live in Michigan .

Part 2 - YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TRUE MICHIGANDER WHEN. .

1. 'Vacation' means going up north on I-75

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use
them.

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow.

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your
blue spruce.

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. Down South to you means Ohio .

16. A brat is something you eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

21. You find 0 degrees 'a little chilly.'

22. You drink pop and bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.

24. and you can actually drink Vernors without coughing.

25. You know what a Yooper is.

26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American.

27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction.

28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.

29. You understand that when visiting Detroit , the best thing to wear is a
Kevlar vest.

[Brian]

I'm in Texas.
Somebody else tell the jokes. 

[hornteacher]

So Anne, what is a Yooper?

[drogulus]

     Where is Garden City?

[adamdavid80]

     Where is Garden City?

Are you in Garden City?  Yikes!  I grew up in Lynbrook!  How is life out there?

[drogulus]

    No, you're in Steve Buscemi country(close, anyway). I'm talking about Garden City, Michegan.

[adamdavid80]

    No, you're in Steve Buscemi country(close, anyway). I'm talking about Garden City, Michegan.

Isn't "Michegan" spelled "Michigan"?   

(But I guess the fact that you're taking the time to explain which Garden City you're talking about gives creedence to your initial post here!)

[Brian]

So Anne, what is a Yooper?

Maybe this will explain. (the song begins at about 1:05)

[Anne]

So Anne, what is a Yooper?

As you may know, Michigan is comprised of 2 parcels of land joined by the Mackinaw Bridge.  A yooper resides in the northern parcel (which adjoins Wisconsin).

The other parcel looks like a mitten which you can visualize by holding up your right hand with palm facing you.  You can see where the comment about living in the thumb area comes from.  With hand still in that position, I live just above the little finger.

[Anne]

Maybe this will explain. (the song begins at about 1:05)

Brian, that was great!  Believe it or not, I had never heard that song before.

[hornteacher]

Maybe this will explain. (the song begins at about 1:05)

[Lilas Pastia]

As you may know, Michigan is comprised of 2 parcels of land joined by the Mackinaw Bridge.  A yooper resides in the northern parcel (which adjoins Wisconsin).

The other parcel looks like a mitten which you can visualize by holding up your right hand with palm facing you.  You can see where the comment about living in the thumb area comes from.  With hand still in that position, I live just above the little finger.

In the lake 

[Lilas Pastia]

This is very funny. I could have used at least two thirds of these lines to describe my place.

Like this; or this, or better still, this (watch the direction the snow is being blown to: t-y-p-i-c-a-l). Not to be outdone, Quebec City has capitalized on the chill factor.

But, I admit, it doesn't begin to sound as funny as this original post did !

[Sarastro]

Anything to be said about California? It is nothing but a cute image for those who do not live here. Though I often heard it became disgusting lately, and it was a paradise a few decades ago.

[Joe Barron]

I remember John Updike's line about Philadelphia, my hometown, in Rabbit, Run: "Dirtiest city in the world they live on poisoned water." (The good news is, otters have come back to the Schulkill River, which means the water is now clean enough to support them.)

We are also known as "Philthydelphia" to those suburbanites who rely on us to warehouse the poor.

And, of course, there's our sports fans. As the late sportscaster Glenn Brenner said, the fans in Philadelphia don't boo. They fire warning shots.

[drogulus]

Isn't "Michegan" spelled "Michigan"?   

     

      I plead Ignerence.  I didn't live there long enough to learn to spell the name.

[Anne]

In the lake 

You're right!  I stand corrected (I didn't have a map nearby when I originally posted this and I can never remember it).  Looking at your nice map, I live at the point where the little finger joins the hand.  It is Traverse City which is located at the base of the small, narrow peninsula.  Our major industry here is tourism.  The scenery is beautiful.  It's really pretty to go to a high elevation and see both bays with the peninsula between them at the same time.

To give you an idea of how many summer visitors come here - normally it takes 3 hours to go to Lansing, Michigan where our daughter and family live.  About 5 years ago, the grandchildren were here visiting and we took them home the day before Labor Day.  It took 5 hours to drive to Lansing.  The traffic was horrible - a solid line of cars all the way.  This traffic problem started about 10 miles from TC and out in the country.  Lansing is 180 miles from TC.

[Brian]

You're right!  I stand corrected (I didn't have a map nearby when I originally posted this and I can never remember it).  Looking at your nice map, I live at the point where the little finger joins the hand.  It is Traverse City which is located at the base of the small, narrow peninsula.  Our major industry here is tourism.  The scenery is beautiful.  It's really pretty to go to a high elevation and see both bays with the peninsula between them at the same time.

To give you an idea of how many summer visitors come here - normally it takes 3 hours to go to Lansing, Michigan where our daughter and family live.  About 5 years ago, the grandchildren were here visiting and we took them home the day before Labor Day.  It took 5 hours to drive to Lansing.  The traffic was horrible - a solid line of cars all the way.  This traffic problem started about 10 miles from TC and out in the country.  Lansing is 180 miles from TC.

Traverse City is a beautiful place, Anne.
And the food is great, too. 

[Lilas Pastia]

I' sure it is!

About 40 km from Montreal stand the Oka Hills. This is an apple orchards area. Extremely colourful in the fall season. When vendors and apple farms offer their produce in September, the main road is clogged for over 10km. It's bumper to bumper in apple country!

[adamdavid80]

     

      I plead Ignerence.  I didn't live there long enough to learn to spell the name.

Way to go...Dan Quayle.