| Larry McCarty just teamed up with Jeff Foxworthy's crew and are now set to go on tour. Larry will be known for his anti-Michigan humor. You Might Live In Michigan If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Michigan.
If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in Michigan.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pelston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Michigan.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Michigan. | 
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If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan.If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Michigan.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan.
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| You Know You're From Michigan When... 1. You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
2. You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
3. You can identify an Ohio accent.
4. Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
5. Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
6. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
7. The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
8. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
9. You bake with soda and drink pop.
10. You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
11. Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.
12. You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
13. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
14. The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
15. You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
16. You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
17. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
18. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.
19. Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
20. At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
21. You know what a millage is.
22. Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
23. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.
24. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
25. You know what a "Yooper" is.
26. Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done.
27. Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit
28. "Up North" means north of Clare.
29. You know what a pastie is.
30. You occasionally cheer "! Go Lions - and take the Tigers with you."
31. Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
32. At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
33. You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
34. Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
35. You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
36. Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
37. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
38. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
39. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
40. You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
41. The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
42. The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
43. All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
44. Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.
45. Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard. You Know You're A True Michigander When... 1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
15. Down South to you means Ohio.
16. A brat is something you eat.
17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
22. You drink pop and bake with soda.
23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.
24. You know what a Yooper is.
25. You think owning a Honda is Un-American.
26. You know that UP is a place not a direction.
27. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.
28. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.
29. You instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year. | 
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