MORE You Know You're From MICHIGAN If . . .

You Know You're From MICHIGAN If . . .

-   You show people where you're from by pointing to a spot on the back of your left hand. (Especially useful if you're from the Thumb or the Little Finger.)

-   The only place in the world can you experience all four seasons in one day.

-   You know what a 'party store' is.

-   You've never met any celebrities.

-   "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

-   At least one member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan / Michigan State game.

-   Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange barrel.

-   Half the change in your pocket is Canadian .... eh?

-   You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

-   You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

-   It's easy to get Vernor's ginger ale, Better Made chips, Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.

-   You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."

-   You've had to switch on the heat and the air conditioning in the same day.

-   You bake with SODA and drink 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 rather than anatomical significance.

-   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 isn't far from Hell.

-   Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

-   Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.

-   You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

-   When owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.

-   You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

-   Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.

-   You know that Big Mac is something that you drive over.

-   You can see a car running in a parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

-   You end your sentences with a preposition; example: "Where's my coat at?"

-   All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.

-   You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, BBQ sauce, and beer.

-   You carry jumper cables and snow chains in your trunk.

-   You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

-   Driving in the winter is better because the pot-holes are filled with snow.

-   Your favorite holidays are Christmas,Thanksgiving, and the opening of Deer Season, which  you consider a National Holiday.

-   You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.

-   You learned to drive a boat before you could ride a bike.

-   You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

-   Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

-   Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

-   You’ve ever used the word “bogue.”

-   The "Big Three" means either Ford, Chrysler and GM, or Little Caesar's, Domino's, or Hungry Howie's.

-   You think alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.

-   Your definition of a small Michigan town is one that doesn't have a lake.

-   You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

-   You attend a formal event in your best clothing, finest jewelry, and snowmobile boots.

-   The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus.

-   You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

-   The orange barrel is considered Michigan's 'other' lighthouse.