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- “Vacation” means going to Cedar Point.
- At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan vs. Michigan State game.
- Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.
- You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
- Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.
- You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
- It’s easy to get Vernor’s Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce and Faygo Pop.
- You know how to pronounce “Mackinac”.
- You’ve had to switch on the heat and the A/C in the same day.
- You bake with soda and drink a pop.
- The movie “Escanaba in Da Moonlight” wasn’t funny. You consider it a documentary.
- Your little league game was snowed out.
- The word “thumb” has geographical meaning, rather than anatomical significance.
- You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on the back of your left hand.
- Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
- You measure distance in minutes.
- When giving directions, you refer to “A Michigan Left”.
- You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but it is either raining or snowing there, and it’s not that far from Hell.
- Your year has four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
- Owning a Japanese car was a hangin’ offense in your hometown.
- You drive 60 mph thru 2 feet of snow in a raging blizzard, without flinching.
- You think Devil’s Night is celebrated everywhere.
- You know what a “Yooper” is.
- Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
- The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
- You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit.
- You know how to spell and pronounce “Ypsilanti”
- Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil’s Night.
- Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done.
- At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
- You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you’d ever like to know!
- Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
- Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
- Half the people you know say they are from Detroit, yet you don’t personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit.
- You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.