Posted on 12/04/2001 10:07:56 AM PST by Enough_Deceit
You know your from Wisconsin when:
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
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.
You can identify and Illinois accent.
You know what cow-tipping is.
Down South to you means Chicago.
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 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've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.
You have more miles on your snow blower 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.
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.
You actually understand these jokes.
You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.
Should read " You consider Madison toxic.
Of course, we know that. But, we're not from Wisconsin! (Is it any worse than Iowa City? I mean, if you've seen one Big 11 Ten liberal arts university town, you've seen 'em all, right?)
That is what the doctor ordered.
Have you ever been over on the South (Polish) Side of Milwaukee on National Avenue where the streetcar bends the corner around?
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I have lived in IC; my parents lived in Madison. If both towns were diseases, Iowa City would be the flu and Madison would be metastasized cancer. But you right I have yet to visit a Big 10+ town that wasn’t dirty with radical leftists.
Dear God, I remember that! Talk about deserted! It was like some giant magneto had destroyed the electrical systems of every vehicle for miles around. Crooks could have cleaned out the entire town & no one would have noticed until the post-game festivities were over.
But, oh, I remember--The pregame sendoff in downtown Green Bay--with the judges wearing Green & Gold robes...and the snow scuptures :-)) A thicket of satellite trucks camped out at Lambeau...people coming to Green Bay--just to be here. Our mail carrier & most of his extended family drove down to New Orleans for the Super Bowl--even though only two of them had tickets. The rest of us stayed at home--well, not "home" exactly--either hosting a Super Bowl party, going to a friend's house or at a sports bar. The Press Gazette food page even ran recipes for Green & Gold food (some of which sounded rather icky, like Green & Gold boxed macaroni & cheese)....
Oh, but the welcome home party was the best (I still have some confetti left). I froze my tush off downtown waiting for the team, took the pix & headed home to call my daughter out in New Jersey to let her know that I was there! She was watching the welcome home parade on ESPN...when I pointed out the local anchors for the parade were Chuck Ramsey and Mary Smits, she started screaming in my ear, "OMG! They're TOGETHER!"
Is that before or after it goes down by Schusters on Mitchell Street?
"Punch me longer, I'm goin' down by Schuster's where da streetcar bends da corner around once."
A couple of my other Milwaukeese favorites:
"Trow da cow over da fence some hay once."
"Come over by my house and whistle me out so my mudder can see who I hang by."
Reminds me of winter camping with my "pioneer" troop and having to be one of the "dogs" for the cross country sled races.
Someone already answered the question, but it's Sheepshead. I can still remember my Grandpa, Dad & his brothers in raucus games, slamming those cards down, slopping beer ALL over the place.
Da Bears are da luckiest team in the NFL this year. That's okay, though, because eventually luck runs out.
The Packers still have to play da Bears, Tennessee, Cleveland, Minnesota, and the Giants.
Da Bears have the Packers, Tampa Bay, Washington, Detroit, and Jacksonville.
The Packers have the talent to win out, but I am particularly leery of the defensive secondary without Butler back there.
...You drink your Frank's Saurkraut Juice straight or sometimes on the rocks (before the brandy serving).
Did you eat yet?
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and my all time favorite (drum roll please . . .)
Come over by my house and whistle me out so my mudder can see who I hang by!
Cool! A Beaaarss - Packerss pregame tread! Anotter two tree a dese and I'll be in football mood!
Da Bearssss!
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