4.25.2009

You Can Take the Girl Out of WI...

you know you are a 'wisconsin-ite' if...
  • you edge your yard.
  • you know what a bubbler is. in fact, you thought everyone drank from bubblers!
  • you have been to bratfest.
  • you only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
  • you design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
  • you know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.
  • you have no problem pronouncing/spelling Milwaukee, Waukesha, Oconomowoc.
  • you consider Madison exotic.
  • you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
  • you were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
  • you go out for fish fry every Friday.
  • you know how to polka.
  • you think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
  • you've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.
  • formal wear is blue jeans & a baseball cap.
  • you find 0 degrees a little chilly.
  • the "Big Three" means Miller, Old Milwaukee & PBR
  • you think that Lutheran and Catholics ARE the major religions.....
  • you have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.
  • cheese is an important staple in your diet.
  • the "classic" brewers logo will always remain "the logo" (mb baseball mit)
  • you own at least one cheese head.
  • church is canceled due to a packer game.
  • you have ever been to State Street in Madison during a protest of something.
  • you have drank "white soda" (ie 7Up, Sprite, etc).
  • you have experienced snow storms in April.
  • The Packers will always be better than the Vikings, no matter what the standings are.
  • you have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana,German Fest, Irish Fest, Greek Fest...
  • driving is better in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.
  • your idea of foreign culture is listening to Da Yoopers .
  • you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend...
  • Country Kitchen was the place to meet after the party. (or Perkins )
  • you know someone who can use "i suppose" as a sentence.
  • you can make sense out of the phrase "a-horse-a-piece."
  • you refer to the Packers as "we."


...but you can't take the WI out of the girl. (can you believe it is my fourth year back?!)