You know you are from Michigan when:
- You own only three spices – salt, pepper and ketchup.
- You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
- You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
- You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
- Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
- You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
- You think everyone from the city has an accent.
- You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
- You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
- The local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.
- Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
- You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
- Summer takes place the second week of July (and it still rains!!).
- You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
- You find -20F a little chilly.
- The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
- You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snowmobile boots.
- Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout
- You know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
- The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus.
- You drink "Vernors" and play "Euchre".
- You actually 'get' these jokes, and forward them to all your Minnesota friends.