Re: Any Wisconsinites here?

Um. Not to be a wet blanket, but I'd prefer that this list stay focused on
shade gardening. I get many, many e-mails a day, and I'd like to think I can
rely on this list to provide messages I'd like to read. And, yes, I did go
to school in Wisconsin.
Nancy S. (NYC)

 YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM WISCONSIN IF:
>
> You've never met any celebrities.
> Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the
>highway.
> You can gauge the depth of your relationship by the number of fingers
> your friends use to wave to you as you pass by on the road.
> "Vacation" means playing miniature golf at the Dells.
> You've seen all the biggest bands 10 years after they were popular.
> You measure distance in minutes.
> The corner bar is decorated with neon Pabst signs instead of hanging ferns.
> You know several people who have hit a deer.
> Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
> Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
> You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
> You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
> You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
> You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
> Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
> You ask for a "bubbler" when you're thirsty.
> You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't
> immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
> You "borrow" your neighbor your snowblower and hope he  returns it before
>the next storm. (And you don't know why there are quotation marks around the
>word borrow in that sentence.)
> You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
> A clean bowling shirt is appropriate attire for a wedding.
> You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no
>matter what time of the year.
> You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition.
> Example:
> "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town, I wanna go with."
> All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
>grain or animal.
> You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave both
>unlocked.
> You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and  Jell-O
>salad with marshmallows.
> You carry jumper cables in your car.
> You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
> You own just three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
> You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
> Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled  with snow.
> You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
> The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page,
>but requires six pages for sports.
> You think that opening day of deer season is a national holiday.
> You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
> You find --20 degrees F "a little chilly."
> You know all four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and
>Construction.
> You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Wisconsin
>friends.
>
> JEEPERS !
>----------------------------------
>Sheryl Jones
>sljones1@facstaff.wisc.edu
>Madison WI * Zone 4/5A
>
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