25 Signs You're in Wisconsin

vanity | 3-18-02 | myself

[petuniasevan]

25 Signs You're in Wisconsin

1.   Cheeseheads.
2.  At least two or three watering holes per community, no matter how small.
3.. And the bars by the paper mills open for business at 6:30 AM.
4.  The new Wal-Mart is right by a large dairy farm.
5.  4 seasons: Winter, Waiting for spring, Almost summer, and Deer Season.
6.  Snowmobiles crossing the highway 3 feet in front of oncoming traffic.
7.  The local spices are salt, pepper, and ketchup.
8.   Cheese curds.
9.  They start the kids on beer at age 5
10.  The frozen lake is wall-to-wall with fishing shanties.
11.  A lot of people know the song, "Turdy Point Buck".
12.  Yah, them guys that wrote that song live here.
13.  Permanent salt stains on the roads.
14.  Don't try to get a haircut, a plumber or doctor while the Packers are playing.
15.  Fish Fry Fridays.
16.  Watching the Pack on TV means putting the set out on the porch for that "authentic" frozen tundra feel.
17.  Tailgating at Lambeau Field.
18.  Offseason tours of Lambeau Field.
19.  Three main religious denominations: Catholic, Lutheran, and football.
20.  Vacation means playing miniature golf at the Dells.
21.  Unoccupied cars in the grocery parking lot. Engines running. Keys in them.
22.  Don't forget the bratwurst.
23.  Any potluck will have the jello with celery and marshmallows dish.
24.  90 degrees is an unbearable heat wave; -10 degrees is a bit nippy.
25.   Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

[petuniasevan]

Enjoy! Feel free to add your own WI observations!

[Charles Henrickson]

26. In the summer, half the license plates are from Illinois.

(I grew up in Chicago, and "summer vacation" meant "going to Wisconsin," Lake Geneva or Door County. I like Wisconsin.)

[RangeRatt]

27. Visiting "the World's Largest Six Pack" at the Geo. Heilemann Brewery in LaCrosse.

28. Visiting the Circus Museum/Hall Of Fame In Baraboo.

29. Listening to out-of-stater's trying to pronounce "Sheboygan".

30. Hand-altered "Escape To Wisconsin" bumperstickers reading "Escape FROM Wisconsin".

31. Pat's Pub in Camp Williams, home of "The World's Largest Urinal"(DON'T EAT THE BIG WHITE MINT sign over it...).

[Northern Yankee]

Fishing in the black of night, on the Black River, near Black River Falls.

calling Rib Mountain, Rib Mountain. (Yeah der hey...)

Knowing that every business open on Sudays, during the fall, will have the Packer game broadcasting. Every Business!

You've attended Summerfest at least once.

Eaten at least 1 cream puff at the Wisconsin State Fair, in West Allis.

Knowing that Spring hasn't arrived until you hear the play by play of Bob Uecker, and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Knowing that Charlie Sykes is still the best conservative talk show host in the State.

[bamafour]

Knowing the first kindergarten was started in Watertown, WI!

[b4its2late]

True?

[b4its2late]

A woman at work has to spend two weeks there this summer, so I'd like to be able to prepare her and this list looks like a good place as any to start......

[MozartLover]

"Listening to out-of-stater's trying to pronounce "Sheboygan"."

....or Mukwonago
....or Oconomowoc
.....or Buttes Des Moors
...or Prairie Du Chien
...or Kaukauna..........

[MozartLover]

No. It's nothing like that at all here.

;^)

[MozartLover]

Tell her to bring a swim suit. And a winter jacket.

[MozartLover]

Oops! Buttes Des Morts. I knew that. (Too early)

[b4its2late]

I gave her the list and told her what you said about the swim suit and winter coat....... She's rethinking her trip.

[MozartLover]

"A woman at work has to spend two weeks there this summer..."

Hey! I don't think I care for the wording of that sentence!

Didn't notice that before; it was too early.:)

Which part of the state will she be visiting?

[b4its2late]

has - because it's work related..............

[Lunatic Fringe]

99. You know "why" you have to park your car facing south on really cold days (-30 or colder).

[TheGrimReaper]

Don't forget the bratwurst

a.k.a. "Heart Attack on a Bun". (You DO want cheese on that, don't ya?)

Then, of course, there's the Peoples Republik of Madison...

[BraveMan]

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