You Must Be Yooper If ...
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| ...the beer you had for breakfast wasn't bad, so you had one more for dessert. |
| a crick is something you cool your pop in at camp, not something in your neck |
| A greeting would begin with 'howshegoin'? |
| a nite out was at the zim,s nitetrain dance in esky |
| all the bluffs (hills) around town had names. |
| all the other lakes smell funny compared to Superior. |
| as a kid you thought you'd never get out of the UP and as an adult you want to stay forever. |
| as a preteen you thought driving from Houghton to Marquette was torture and your parents wondered why you were not excited about driving to Disney World. |
| At the age of eight you could spend all day at the playgrounds and your parents never worried about you. |
| blaze orange is worn all winter....not just during hunting season. |
| choppers ain't just for for chewing |
| coming home from MSU, before the Big Mac, you waited in line for the ferry and when reaching the UP, you stopped at Miller's Road House , or stopped for a pasty, thankful you were home again. |
| Cross & Blackwell Chow Chow is what you eat with your pasty! |
| Dove off the platform at Lake Angeline using a 12 pack container as a helmet. |
| Erpo and Toivo are your neighbors |
| every 4th of July you got to picnic at Presque Island park in front of a live band and you never went without your sweater or jacket. |
| every couple of years your bus would get stuck in the snow on the way to school. |
| If you have known people your whole life and you don't know their real name. You only know them by their nickname. |
| if you knew where every sand bar was from Silver City to Ontos, and stopped to swim out to them on a warm summer's day. |
| if you refer to a snowmobile as such and not a "sled". |
| if you went "smelting" near Little Girls Point on the Superior...and nearly froze your fanny off..... |
| If your last name wasn't Finnish, you married a Finn. |
| if your on your way to a packer game and the sign says iron mt.stay right. greenbay left so you turn around and go home |
| if your shoes don't match |
| in school they made you take a water safety class where you jumped into a pool with a snowsuit on in case your snowmobile ever went through the ice |
| it was normal to wear a winter jacket, hat, and mittens to a track meet |
| its snowing on halloween.......pls add me to your mailing list..i grew up in gwinn spent 30 yrs there tyvm |
| made a bow out of tag alders and arrows out of Goldenrods |
| Menominee is your idea of heading south |
| Michigan Tech was known as College of undermining and sexology |
| My Mother would say---"You'll spoil your pasty if you put catsup on it." |
| No matter where you now live, if born in Yooperland, it will always be home. |
| Northern Beer was the choice beer in your town. |
| NORTHERN MICHIGAN IS IN THE UPPER PENNISULA NOT NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. |
| on a beautiful summer evening you've parked your car downtown to sit and watch the people stroll by. |
| on visits back home, you still walk down to "the cove" at "the island" to help your grandkids collect the prettiest little rocks from wading out into the coldest waters your feet will ever remember. |
| Oscar opened the Club House on Saturday morning during the winter so we could play Basketball. |
| pastys are eaten not worn. |
| poolside at the Downtowner in Green Bay was a vacation destination. |
| Saturday night was considered "sauna night and coffee" while watching Lawrence Welk |
| SISU ......Enough Said |
| Someone asks you where you and from and you make a map with your hands |
| spent a long lazy day lake fishing on Superior and when you needed a cool drink you just dipped the cup over the side...refreshingly cool stuff.... |
| Sunday Afternoon was quite time at the house to watch All-Star Wrestling with your father. |
| swimming in the waters of Superior is a "refreshing dip" and it's not cold until your lips turn blue and your speech slurrs. |
| The books in your locker got waterlogged all the time from your wet boots |
| the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad was the cheapest transportation to Milwaukee, Chicago and points south. |
| the difference between "Uptown" and "Downtown" has nothing to do with direction. It only depends on whether you turn left or right at the corner |
| The favorite swiming hole for Salibury/Frenchtown/Lake Angiline locations was " The Pit " ( Ashe/Sandy and the Rock ) |
| the first accessory you buy for your brand new Cadillac is a "Say ya to da UP eh!" bumper sticker |
| the four seasons are Spring, Summer, Cold, and Flu |
| the Lake Michigan shoreline is called the "Banana Belt" |
| the lineman are issued shovels to fix the powercause the snow was so deep |
| the National, A&P and Piggly Wiggly were "the" supermarkets back in the day. |
| the neighborhood kids know what time it is when your mom yell's your name while standing on the front porch of your house! |
| The only bridge I ever want to burn is the Mackinaw Bridge on my way home |
| the only proper way to eat a pasty is with ketchup. |
| the roads are wider in the winter than they are in the summer |
| the UP is so far north I had to walk south to see the "Northern Lights".!! |
| the yearly ski tournament at Ishpeming's Suicide Hill was as big a draw as any other sporting event. |
| there are as many Packer-backers in your family as Lions fans. |
| there hasn’t been a murder in your town in well over 50 years |
| there was Red Owl grocery store in town. |
| There were guys on the football team in high school who would play in the band half time show with their football gear on |
| they had to snow blow the football field before the game started. |
| they send you out in a blizzard for recess and you hate to come in |
| Thimble Berry picking up at the tracks was not an option. |
| trapped weasels by the Bergland Depot and used walleye heads for bait that you caught ice fishing |
| using a "Scoop" has nothing to do with serving Ice Cream |
| websites that show competing airline fares are of no use to you because only Northwest flies to your town |
| When Lake Michigan is known as a big pond! |
| when traveling you tell someone that you have a sauna in your house and they think you are rich. |
| when you go out of town, you fill your trunk full of GOOD pastys |
| when you have an old tshirt for a gas cap or eat chili on cold morning before school you have shovled 3 feet of partly cloudy |
| When you leave you always want to go home.You remember all the good times.
Family, fun, skiing on Ripley Hill, Ice Skating at the Dome in Houghton.
Waiting for the Collage boys to come back to Michigan Tech. |
| when you sit in an electric sauna in a sports club something just seems wrong. |
| When you were a kid you could go to Lido Paoli's store and buy a candy bar by saying "put it on my dad's account"! |
| When you were a kid you wanted "snowmobile boots" even though you didn't have a snowmobile |
| whenever you travel people try to correct the way you pronounce sauna or they ask you what is a sauna |
| Whoever posted this one is WRONG.
"NORTHERN MICHIGAN IS IN THE UPPER PENNISULA NOT NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN"
Northern Michigan is the area between Travers City and the bridge. The UP is 'DA UP and always will be! I'ts Damn near a country all it's own.
(I'd also accept it as the 51'st state - Superior)
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| Why doncha come by my house and honk me out, so my ma'll know who I hang by? |
| Why don't you hello me since you know me so easy, just, eventhough. |
| You still went to school when it was cancelled because of too much snow. |
| you actually did walk through 10' of snow to get to school. |
| You actually drove through a Model Town. |
| you actually know what a chook is eh |
| you actually LIKE to swim in Lake Superior! |
| You actually USED a carpet-beater to beat the dust from a rug over the clothes-line. |
| You almost died when you first swam in the ocean, cause you thought all water was as fresh as superior |
| you always went to "the Waterfront" pm Fri. & Sat. night to dance, and then walked up the Third St. hill to Bimbo's for pizza! (Marquette)
You had as many bonfires along the shore of L. Superior as possible during summer(pop in the lake to stay cold); sometimes wearing a sweatshirt to help keep you warm and singing folk songs with friends. You also watched for that special "shooting star" and the northern lights! You also get off the airplane after a 2000 mile flight and go straight to Togo's. You go trolling on the lake, catch lake trout, freeze them for a week, pack them in your suitcase, get on the plane and travel the 2000 miles back to where you presently live! |
| You and your family went to Fortune Lake for swimming and water skiing as soon as the ice was off MOST of the lake, and in winter, you took and tied the tow ropes to the back bumper of the car and had Dad drive down the gravel pit road with you on SNOW SKI'S for practice. You quit going to the lake when the ice came back on it, again. |
| You and your family went to Fortune Lake for swimming and water skiing as soon as the ice was off MOST of the lake, and in winter, you took and tied the tow ropes to the back bumper of the car and had Dad drive down the gravel pit road with you on SNOW SKI'S for practice. You quit going to the lake when the ice came back on it, again. |
| you anxiously await and then read the Yooper Newsletter (in detail) each week. |
| you are appalled at anyone who would even think to put gravy on their pasty. |
| You are at the airport in Milwaukee for a flight home to Escanaba and someone asks if they have a window or an aisle seat on the same flight? They answer both, they look bewildered! |
| you are disappointed with your new home because the front porch only holds two cords of wood. |
| You are still picking up stones from Lake Superio after 70+ years. |
| you are still proud of owning a two-seater outhouse even tho you haven't lived in the u.p. for 38 years |
| you are tougher than the tourists and don't let the weather bother you |
| You banked your house with snow for insulation |
| you bought leather pony tail holders with sticks at the prison gift shop...from a prisoner |
| you bought plastic macrame cord at the Ishpeming Playgrounds clubhouse |
| You bought your wife a new snow shovel for her birthday, only because you couldn't find a buck saw in her color. |
| You bristle whenever a Troll talks about a "Saw-na" and are quick to correct it to "Sow'-Nah" |
| you built a snowman in your yard in June. |
| You came over the hill into Duluth in June and there was still a wall of ice on Lake Superior |
| you can remember being on a flying saucer and your Dad pulling you behind the car on the way to Camp Lake to visit Grandma and Grandpa Johnson |
| you can smell spring before you can see it. |
| You can tell the difference between a chipmunk and a red squirrel crossing the road at 100 yards. |
| you carried your shoes to school in a "shoe bag" on snowy days. |
| you carry boots, a blanket, jumper cables, a sealed beverage, a snack and a lighter in the trunk...always...'cause you never know. |
| you changed the birth date on your Drivers lic. so you could drike beer when you were 16. |
| you chased the milk truck for round ice cubes in the summer |
| you clearly remember the smell of cigarette smoke, hot dogs, cocoa, and hockey equipment at the local ice rink |
| you come home to the UP for a visit and take home fresh pizza from Riverside Cafe in Iron River. And live in Florida |
| you consider eating the jalapeno's and cauliflower with your pickled egg as fulfilling your daily vegetable intake |
| you consider the Mosquito to be your State bird, & winters are 6 months of good snow, 6 months of tough sledding. |
| You couldn't go skiing without choppers because of the rope tow. |
| you decorate your home with firearms and have deer heads on the wall to prove you can shoot straight. |
| you didn't back-talk a cop, teacher, or anyone's Mom or Dad. |
| you didn't believe your teacher when she told you "pank" is not a real word in the dictionary. |
| you didn't have a Finnish last name, you were a minority. |
| you didn't notice anything unusual about Bob and Doug McKenzie's accent when you saw Strange Brew. |
| YOU DRESS UP FOR CHURCH BY WEARING A FLANNEL SHIRT |
| You drink pop, not soda. |
| you drive faster in the winter then in summer cause the pot holes are full of snow |
| you drove your snow mobile to a wedding. |
| you earned a quarter shoveling the neighbors' paths and driveways after a heavy snow. |
| YOU ENJOY PLAYING SOFTBALL 24-7 DURING THE 4TH OF JULY! |
| You enjoyed the taste of Gilt Edge and Sauna Beer |
| You entered a contest to see who could cut a hole in the ice on Lake Superior the quickest. |
| you ever swam in, and then later caught a musky from the same abandoned mine pit. |
| you ever took a cruise on Six Pack and a Jumbo Road!!!! |
| you give your dog a bath in Lake Superior and then take one yourself. |
| you go out to fish fry every Friday |
| you go skinny dipping in ponds.. |
| you go to town shopping in a blizzard |
| You got into an argument with your mother about whether to mix the meat and vegetables up when making the pasties or whether to put the meat and potatoes and onions and rutabagas on the crust in separate layers |
| You grew up next door to the guy that wrote & recorded "Rusty Chevorlet" |
| you had the same drivers education instructor that your mother had 23 years ago. |
| You had the same high school teacher your mother had 23 years before.
The nun taught your mother English and Latin. You she taught English and Spanish. |
| you HAD to pick raspberries instead of wanting to pick raspberries |
| You had to snowshoe to your favorite "Brookie" hole on opening day of Trout season. |
| you had to wear a snowsuit under your Halloween costume. |
| you had your first beer when you were 10 years old. |
| you had your first panic attack at age 7 when your snow suit sipper jammed and you really had to go to the bathroom BAD. |
| you have a bumber sticker that says "I yoosta be a yooper" |
| you have a bumber sticker that says "I yoosta be a yooper" |
| you have a "good" flannel, you know, the one you wear to wedding receptions. |
| you have been to Elo and knew you were in Elo, many times. |
| you have ever dragged Ashmun on a Saturday night |
| you have ever gone for a stroll in your bathing suit at ten below (gotta cool off after the sauna) |
| you have ever peed on your hands trying to keep mosquitos off your parts! |
| you have ever took the jump off the Black River Park river bridge. |
| You have had a "lil abner" at the Dogpatch.
You have had a bowl of chili at the Hole. |
| you have jumper cables and a tug em strap in your car and know how to use them |
| You have passed one of your neighbors while taking your sisters home from the movies, and cut back in "a little too quickly" and your Dad knew it before you got home. |
| you have seen a carpet loom in action |
| You have seen a Hamm's Commercial on TV, and remember what it tasted like. |
| you have snagged suckers in the carp. |
| you have spent a hot summer day with a pile of firewood and a splitting maul |
| you have used charcoal for grillin and to start your car in the winter .
{lay it out on a cookie sheet and place under oil pan to heat engine} |
| you have used the heater, the A/C, and the heater again in one day, while going fishin' |
| you have worn shorts at 50 degrees with a sweatshirt. |
| you hitchhiked out to the lake to swim at 10 years old. |
| you hooked a car bumper on the way to school....and home again.... |
| You just drove/flew over 600 miles home and your first stop is The Congress for a pizza. |
| you keep a hair dryer in your garage to thaw out parts on your snowblower. |
| you kill a deer fly and a 1000 more come to its funeral |
| you knew what road pops were |
| you know a guy named "Potsy that wasn't on Happy Days. |
| you know how to eat Trenary Toast the correct way. |
| you know how to spell and pronounce Tahquamenon. |
| You know it's a "Snowmachine" not a "Snowmobile" |
| you know spring has arrived when the beer you spilled in your car all winter thaws ... a unique smell. |
| you know store bought blueberries don't taste like real blueberries |
| you know that Calumet was given consideration as the State Capital |
| you know that Ironwood, Michigan is farther West than St. Louis, Missouri. |
| you know that pork butt and saffron are BOTH sold at the Spur gas station in Ishpeming |
| you know that sprinkling a blood sucker with salt makes it fall off |
| You know that the only "real" cudighi comes from Tino's. |
| You know the feeling of having your eyelids freeze shut. |
| you know there are two seasons of the year: winter and the Fourth of July! |
| you know what a Bosch mini case was back in the 70's
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| You know what a F.I.B. is |
| You know what a road trip is |
| you know what a stormy kromer is |
| you know what a "Coffee Royal" is and you've had one for breakfast. |
| You know what Berrgin is and that is was the original X game. |
| You know what candles are in the winter. |
| you know what Deep Woods Off tastes like. |
| you know what ely potato chips taste like |
| You know what it means to "shoot" a six-pack of Schlitz mini-malts |
| you know what it means when you're driving on U.S.2 and the car in front of you moves over to the right shoulder . . . |
| you know what native brook trout tastes like |
| you know what pasties, cudighi, and potato sausage are. |
| you know what Sauna Company is |
| you know what shackin' is |
| you know what the word "pank" means... |
| you know what "spring peepers" are and look forward to hearing them every spring. |
| you know what "the cow path" is... |
| you know what 'swampers' are |
| you know where Ontonagon, Lanse, Allouez, & Bette Gris are, & can pronounce them correctly |
| you know where the waterfall is between Iron Mountain and Quinnisec and you've climbed up to the top of it. |
| you know where to dive off the Dead River bridge without hitting the boulders. |
| you know "White Pine is more than just a town. |
| you laugh when the weatherman in another state says the snowstorm there is so bad that the snow drifts are almost up to his knees. |
| You measured road trip distances in 6 packs instead of miles. |
| you miss the Onion Rings they had at Big Al's (MQT) |
| You must be a Yooper if you have paid your daycare in livestock. |
| You Must be a Yooper if you've parked your car downtown to watch the people walk by on a Beautiful Friday & Saturday night in the Summertime. |
| you never got to drive on a road with a real stoplight during drivers training. |
| you own three different kinds of skis and two different kinds of snowshoes. |
| you pass a R/R Sign and you think you are comming into Ruces Rossing |
| you pay your bills with rahaa. |
| you played a game of pool for lunch at "Rockys" |
| you played in the 2 Man Best Ball in Ishpeming in June- temperature on Saturday 86- on Sunday 36. |
| You played road hockey on a snow covered road with a real puck |
| you pretended the wood ticks were your pets when you were bored. |
| you put on shorts in the morning and then had to change to sweats by noon. |
| You put two people in the trunk to go from Wisconsin to Minnesota so you wouldn't have to pay bridge toll for them. |
| you refer a 32 ounce bottle of beer as a "jumbo". |
| you refer to a quart can of beer as a "silo" |
| you remember drinking milk from Copper Country Dairy |
| You remember Friday fish fry at Rigoni's on Ayer Street in Ironwood...and then Saturday nite sauna at Kangas's for a quarter each....Those were the days..... :) |
| You remember getting a "fill up" at Jack and Buds gas station on ole U.S. 2 and charging it to your dads tab, which he paid up every payday..... |
| you remember lying on your back in a snowbank and letting the flakes come down and land on your face while time ticked slowly by. |
| You remember skating at the Colonial Rink and listening to the "golden oldies". |
| you remember swimming at Greysands |
| You remember the great shoe strings at Hamburger heaven and the Malted Milk shakes at the Bon Ton - both in Marquette |
| you remember the huge level of excitement when McDonalds came to town and how you had to wait in line for 30 minutes to place your order even after 4 months. |
| you remember the Pelkie Dairy-- and the swimming hole behind it |
| you remember the youth centers in Ishpeming and Negaunee |
| You remember those Saturday mornings at the Ironwood Theatre watching the latest "Serial Movies", not to mention Tarzan of the Apes.... |
| You remember warm summer days at B.A.B. on the Montreal River outside of Norrie Location..... |
| you remember when the closest traffic light and McDonalds to Hancock was in Marquette. |
| you remember when the roller rink was a Saturday night out in Marquette |
| you remember when you had to decide between Pat's and Kemp's to do your shopping. |
| you remember working underground in a mine. |
| you remember wrecking the side of your ski jacket on the tow ropes at the winter sports |
| You remind people every time MSU basketball is on TV that Tom Izzo is from Iron Mountain and he and Steve Mariucci are best friends. |
| you rode into camp sitting on the open window in the back of the station wagon....holding on to the luggage rack up top |
| You said "Let's go do Moby Dick" (swim out and use the big tree trunk that once floated all around the lake at Ishpeming's Cedar Beach as a "raft") |
| you say Ya to answer someone. |
| you say you wanna come with |
| you say "sauna" and the trolls think you are talking about a female pig while
using a fake Italian accent. |
| You shot Bambie in deer hunting season and never went hunting again. |
| you shot your first shot gun in 6th grade it was part of the school curriculum for boys and girls. |
| you shoveled snow in the morning before going to school and again when you came home. |
| you sing along to "Rusty Chevrolet" |
| you sit on a penkki in the sauna and use a kauha to get water. When you go for a sauna at someone elses house you put your towels and clean clothes in your sauna pussi. |
| you smoked your first cigarette and your parents knew about it before you got home. |
| you still can't shake the smell of lutefisk or the sight of casings |
| you still hear people say "let's go mall," or "do you want to go Green Bay?" |
| you stood on your frozen holloween pumpkins to put up your christmas decorations |
| you stop and take a deep breath after crossing the Big Mac to the U.P. |
| you swam bare-butt at "Rocky," the west end of Cedar Lake. |
| you swear Kid Rock wrote "All Summer Long" about you!!! |
| you think 19 feet of snow was a mild winter. |
| you think that landscaping your yard is mowing the lawn. |
| you think the first day of deer season is a national holiday. |
| you think the four season are June, July, August, and Winter |
| You thought it was more "cool" to wear long johns than snow pants in elementary school |
| You thought Jack Frost was a real person and he was going to bite your nose off because your grandma told you so |
| you thought tourists dressed weird, and then 2 years later you were wearing the same clothes they were. |
| you thought you were real smart cause you knew what Aurora Borealis meant, and you had seen it. |
| you tipped your canoe in Lake Superior and thought you were going into hypothermia, but then after you went numb, you changed your mind and swam the canoe back to shore and kept swimming for fun |
| you took a Sauna every Saturday night |
| you took your dog into Chicaugoan Lake with a bar of Fels Naptha soap to wash the skunk smell off of him. |
| You understand the Virginia state license plate that says, "YA2DAUP" |
| you use "great big huge" as a phrase in a sentence |
| You used a church key to open the door to Bessemer HS so you could shoot buckets on saturday morning. |
| you walked to school in the winter and wore a starched can-can. It felt like razer blades were slicing your legs by the time you arrived and the boots you wore gave you a ring of rash half way up your legs.
you spent your summer swimming in the Falls River all day without an adult present.
you went smelting on the Falls River and everyone had bon fires going to keep warm and you took buckets and washtubs home full of smelt. |
| you watched Steve Mariucci play football and Tom Izzo play basketball
you ate Bunny Bread |
| you watched "Finland Calling" with Carl Pelonpaa on Sunday Mornings on TV on Sunday mornings. |
| you wave to passers by, while driving or walking, for no reason. |
| You went and had a beer at the Tap room, Rainbow,Woody's, Venice,Congress,Tebo's,Jack's,Royal,Roosevelt,Hickey's,Casino,Imperial,and the Paradise then considered a night cap at the Wayside. |
| You went as an exchange student to the Detroit area. |
| you went out behind your house to get your Christmas tree |
| you went to club 314 in esky because they had basketball ,ping-pong and girls all in the same building |
| you went to town only on Friday to get groceries, cash your check and it was only 3 miles away. |
| you were treated to a Sunday drive thru the gardens at the prison if you were good |
| you wish that Saddam tried to hide in the UP |
| You wished your high school was one of the "rich" schools that had a pool |
| You witnessed 20 days of "Lake effect" snow with no previous warning |
| you wore a parka to watch fireworks on the 4th of July. |
| You "go sauna",(We go sauna, not... go to the sauna.)
You missed school in the spring for rock picking on da farm fields.
When school got out for summer vacation you earned spending-money peeling pulp wood (8 cents a stick!)
In the summer you earned spending money making hay (literally).
In the fall you missed school to pick potatoes or rutabagas.
Girls wore wool pants under their skirts or dresses to school in winter.
You sometimes had to wear Bunny Bread bags as boot liners.
Your small town had a Co-op store.
You went away to college and didn't have to label your underwear and stuff 'cause everything said "Co-op" on da tag.
You'd get a hair-pulling or a "lunappi" when you'd misbehave.
Every guy carried a pocket knife all year round.
Your school bus hit a deer and one of da older guys jumped out to gut it.
You had a trap line.
You skinned your trapped animal on newspaper during study hall.
Your wooden study hall desks were bolted to the floor and there was a stage up in the front of the studyhall room which served as auditorium.
You raised and showed an animal or did some sort of project at Camp Shaw and/or the UP State Fair.
You got up for the bus in da dark and you got home from school stuff in da dark.
The school bus drove rural kids home after "away" ball games.
The entire K-12 school watched a movie and attended a picnic on the last day before vacation.
School bus driver, Eino stopped on the gravel roadside to fetch a sapling switch from the ditch to threaten troublemakers.
Bus driver mounted sapling switch up near the visor as a reminder.
Bus driver kicked highschool bad boys off the bus and made them walk the rest of the way home - after which they probably got a hair pulling.
You knew how to operate a stick shift and drive farm machinery before you were eligible for a drivers license.
Your country road was impossible to travel on during spring "break-up".
Your summer outings consisted of picking Chassell strawberries, wild blueberries out on Yellow Dog Plains or Triple A, and raspberries in brush piles.
Logging Congress was a big deal!
Santa always came and left presents when you were in da sauna.
You went swimming in a quarry where there'd be blood suckers too.
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| You "go store" to "get milk". Instead of going to the store to pick up milk |
| you "pank" down the snow instead of tamp it like those others do.....
but make sure you put your "chook" on before weathering that cold. |
| your back porch serves as a refrigerator for half the year |
| Your favorite swiming hole is "The Pit " |
| Your grandma told you to wear your chook even when it was 50 degrees outside |
| your ice shack/deer blind has better amenities than your home |
| your last word in a sentence is, "hea" |
| your local hardware store sells more firearms than hammers. |
| Your mom made you mittens with an idiot string |
| your outdoor toilet has a sign, "Woods National Bank, Make deposits here but don't leave the change on the counter" |
| your outhouse has a Sears catalog for toilet paper |
| your parents spoke Finnish when they didn't want you to hear what they were talking about |
| your Sunday drive consists of taking the back roads to Republic. |
| your tongue got stuck to the metal zipper on your snowsuit when you were a kid. |
| your weather gauge is a piece of rope |
| your wife's Lady Remington is a 30-06. |
| You'd take a shower after your sport and when you went outside you hair froze solid |
| you're a Yooper transplant and live "down below", you're driving north on the Big Mac and you roll down your window, take a deep breath and say Ahhhh, I'm home! |
| you're lucky Summer falls on a Saturday |
| you're still best friends with kids you met in second grade |
| you've been to Pepin's Field |
| You've climbed up to deadmans cave on 1st bluff in Bessemer. |
| You've done a "cat's ass" while driving on hard snow(also called a "donut". |
| you've dreamed about having your OWN Zamboni for your back yard. |
| you've ever eaten a pasty for breakfast. |
| you've ever seen the sun rise over Lake Superior from the top of Sugarloaf. It's so beautiful! |
| you've gone out with your parents on a hot summer day to "make wood." |
| You've gone to Lafoille's for a pizza burger...(Manistique)
You've gone to the Liberty for an olive burger (Manistique)
You can hardly wait for the best pasties ever to be baked by the Methodist ladies once a month in Manistique, with the best steak available. They're still making them!
You recognize the shape of the UP immediately. |
| you've gotten squeaky clean in a Sauna that had no running water just a big barrel of cold water, a hot water reservoir attached to the wood stove, and some enamel dishpans. |
| you've made it through the gauntlet between L'Anse and Baraga after 2 p.m. |
| you've often went sledding with a wooden toboggan with metal runners. |
| You've paid your daycare provided with pork - your own pig. |
| you've played a ballgame at "Big Plains". |
| you've seen deer whistles on the front fenders of a Cadillac. |
| You've taken a digger. |
| You've traveled at least 5 hours to go to a "good" hospital |
| you've traveled at least two hours to see a doctor. |
| You've tripped and taken a pusser. |
| You've went swimming at Highbanks |
| You've "buzzed the gut". |