About Wisconsin

Published on July 30, 2007 By Trudygolightly In Humor

About Wisconsin...

1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Let's get this straight; it's called a "gravel road." I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

3. They are cows & fishing lakes. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it.

4. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven only 3 times a year.

5. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of ducks are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

7 Yeah, we eat walleye & pike and love it. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.

8. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the Saturday before 'Thanksgiving' .

9. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.

10. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad, and pick off the pound of ham & turkey.

11. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: Onion, Pepper, and Garlic!Oh, yeah... We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat... It ain't real lutefisk. And real lutefisk never met a tomato!

12. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.

13. College and high school football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a heck of a lot more fun to watch.

14. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards --it spooks the fish.

15. Colleges? Try MSOE, Carroll, Marquette , UW (all campuses), etc.They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at passing pickups when they come home for the holidays.

16. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, than any other state, so "Don't screw with Wisconsin ." If you do, you will get whipped by the best.

17. Always remember what a great mind once said: "The United States wouldn't be what it is today if it had not been for Wisconsin !" Wisconsin is the greatest state ever!!

I have my addition to this: We're able to spot wild asparagus growing along the roadside while traveling 60 mph.

Even though I"ve lived in MN. since 1976, I"m still a "cheddarhead" at heart, still love the pine trees, the lakes, the people and the ways of small WI. towns...

We have small towns here in MN. however it just isn't the same....guess once a "Wisconsinite" always a cheddarhead

Comments

Adventure-Dude

on Aug 01, 2007

Trudy,

NO MENTION of cheese curds that squeak???? .

There were a few that made me chuckle.

Thank you for that.

Good Day.

Trudygolightly

on Aug 02, 2007

Reply By: Adventure-DudePosted: Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Trudy,

NO MENTION of cheese curds that squeak???? .

OOooops! did forget those didn't I?!

Glad you found a few chuckles here and there

And a good day to you too, even if I'm a day late and a dollar ahead

ParaTed2k

on Aug 08, 2007

Great ones Trudy!

Here's a few more...

Yes, "What bar do you live by" is a legitimate way to ask what part of town you're from!

No, really, it is "cooler near the lake"!

Yeah, it gets down to -30f, but it's ok, it's a dry cold.

No, I don't live in Milwaukee or Madison... I live in the good part of the state.

and the one I just can't figure out, but hear it all the time...

Yeah our taxes are high, but they should be, don't you want good schools and roads?

Zydor

on Aug 08, 2007

Yeah our taxes are high, but they should be, don't you want good schools and roads

Of Course - but "the Government should pay"

Great list of real world life principles to follow - many parts of the world would benefit from such pragmatism

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 08, 2007

10. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu.

When did Wisconsin de-annex Madison?

This doesn't resemble Wisconsin very much, actually. It's funny, but NOT Wisconsin. Except for numer 8 and the last portion of number 11. And any list of Wisconsin traits without mention of the Packers, Badgers, cheese, or beer is not a list of Wisconsin traits!

ParaTed2k

on Aug 08, 2007

When did Wisconsin de-annex Madison?

Shhhh, we haven't told them yet. ;~D

Trudygolightly

on Aug 17, 2007

Reply By: ZydorPosted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Yeah our taxes are high, but they should be, don't you want good schools and roads

and good bridges is now on the list!

Trudygolightly

on Aug 17, 2007

Reply By: ParaTed2kPosted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Great ones Trudy!

Thanks Ted, love your list! especially the bar one! Soooo true, I used to live on Hydro Lane in Wi. had to tell people it was by "The Sandbar"...a supperclub I used to cook in. actually I can't remember the name of it for sure....! Think it was called that....maybe it was The Sanddunes"....good Lord!

Trudygolightly

on Aug 17, 2007

This doesn't resemble Wisconsin very much, actually. It's funny, but NOT Wisconsin. Except for numer 8 and the last portion of number 11. And any list of Wisconsin traits without mention of the Packers, Badgers, cheese, or beer is not a list of Wisconsin traits!

I think you'd try to shoot down a smiley face! This was in the "humor" forum..

and for the record, I was born and raised a Wisconsite, so I disagree wid cha

Ms Mitchell

on Oct 17, 2007

Amen.

I'm going by Piggly Wiggly to get some bakery for breakfast but first I need a drink from the bubbler, enso?

I miss Wisconsin.

TanNeck

on Jan 18, 2010

Fifteen suggestions to our country cousins for city living or visiting:

1. Take your baseball hat off indoors.

2. When the light turns green, kindly get going. I and the twenty people behind you don't have all day.

3. If you obstruct traffic, a horn tap is a suggestion, not a personal attack to be met with childish reactions such as slowing down or foolish glares.

4. We don't make eye-contact with strangers, no matter how goofy they look, and don't like being stared at. It's considered a sign of aggression.

5. Once two strangers begin conversing, they become friends for life to be treated as such. Exclusionary cliques based on decades-old family feuds or coffee-klatsch buddies are considered hick-town provincial.

6. We do gossip, sure, but never to cause hurt feelings or to belittle anyone or worst of all, to cause others to shun you.

7. We always let strangers cut into traffic even though we'll never see them again, and that stranger is expected to show gratitude with a thank-you gesture.

8. Expect objections if your group creates repeated loud talking and cackling laughter in public places.

9. If we make any comment at all to you about your car, your clothing, your cologne and jewelry, your house and yard or anything you wear or own, it will be a compliment.

10. We don't explain jokes.

11. We don't acknowledge the presence of every stranger. There are just too many. But once the ice is broken, should that happen, we will always greet each other upon meeting for life, no matter who they voted for, what school they graduated from, or what church they attend or don't attend and no matter who is with us at the moment.

12. Commenting on what we order at restaurants is considered gauche. Unless, of course, it's a compliment, which is always in order.

13. Some of us may wear sports-team apparel and watch and cheer this or that local or distant team, but in the end we all acknowledge it's only a ball game.

14. We open doors for those behind us, male or female, and we expect a thank-you in return.

15. In the city, if you don't respect yourself or others, don't expect any respect in return.

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