# \ Here's why us Yoopers get a little testy at times **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130 "2008-05-30T13:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/1 "2008-05-30T13:00:30Z")
Notice anything odd about the map of Michigan on the illustration that accompanies [this article?](http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/30/dnc_meeting/) I’m off to send in my application for Canadian citizenship. Maybe they’ll remember we exist. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/2 "2008-05-30T13:18:06Z")
Stonehenge Decoded? I didn’t even think Stonehenge was IN Michigan. Nor a reproduction. No wonder you’re upset! (When I clicked the link, I got a big full-page ad for Nanny Geo channel’s Sto nehenge Decoded, which still hasn’t gone over to the article.) Okay – it’s up now. I see what you’re after. But they didn’t want to give him an Upper Peninsula – that’s give him two weapons to Florida’s one. It wouldn’t look fair. Besides, Lower Michigan looks like a hand. It’s cute. I’m surprised they didn’t put a “We’re Number 1!” on it. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/3 "2008-05-30T13:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] \Besides, Lower Michigan looks like a hand. It’s cute. [/QUOTE] So if lower Michigan looks like a hand, and Florida is America’s penis… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/4 "2008-05-30T13:41:05Z")
Well, that’s what you get for not being contiguous. I don’t hear anyone in the Florida Keys whining about being missed… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/5 "2008-05-30T13:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I’m off to send in my application for Canadian citizenship. Maybe they’ll remember we exist. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Hey, we’ve had our eye on your peninsula ever since Minnesota got a piece of land north of the 49th! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/6 "2008-05-30T13:54:08Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] So if lower Michigan looks like a hand, and Florida is America’s penis… [/QUOTE] \ Look–Yoopers are weird. You eat pasties, fergodsake. You talk funny. You are barely distinguishable from norther cheeseheads. And now you want respect? You got Tim Horton’s baby–that’s all you need. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/7 "2008-05-30T14:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] You got Tim Horton’s baby–that’s all you need. 🙂 [/QUOTE] No, we don’t. But I agree, if we did, it’d be worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/8 "2008-05-30T15:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I’m off to send in my application for Canadian citizenship. Maybe they’ll remember we exist. :dubious: [/QUOTE] _whisper to fellow Canadopers_ What’s a Michigan? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/9 "2008-05-30T16:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] No, we don’t. But I agree, if we did, it’d be worth it! [/QUOTE] Yes, you do–I have stopped at one in the UP. That was 3 years ago, but I’ve never heard of TMs going out of business… ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/10 "2008-05-30T16:08:11Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] …Lower Michigan looks like a hand. It’s cute. I’m surprised they didn’t put a “We’re Number 1!” on it. [/QUOTE] Looks more like a [Mitt](http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/0/2008/01/11/320x240/romney_michigan.jpg) to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/11 "2008-05-30T16:13:34Z")
So the UP is pronounced ‘yoop’? I wasn’t sure if it was that, U-P, or just the word up, which sounds just odd to me. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/12 "2008-05-30T16:15:24Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] So the UP is pronounced ‘yoop’? I wasn’t sure if it was that, U-P, or just the word up, which sounds just odd to me. [/QUOTE] My friends from St. Joseph (bottom of the mitt) say U-P, like you-pee. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/13 "2008-05-30T16:22:38Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] So the UP is pronounced ‘yoop’? I wasn’t sure if it was that, U-P, or just the word up, which sounds just odd to me. [/QUOTE] It’s U-P (yoo-pee). I’ve never heard it pronounced Yoop, except in the context of “Yooper” which is indeed pronounced yoo-per. [QUOTE=eleanorigby] Yes, you do–I have stopped at one in the UP. That was 3 years ago, but I’ve never heard of TMs going out of business… [/QUOTE] You sure about that? I’ve never seen one in the UP, though they have some down in troll country (NOT FAIR!). Tim Horton’s store locater agrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/14 "2008-05-30T16:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] It’s U-P (yoo-pee). I’ve never heard it pronounced Yoop, except in the context of “Yooper” which is indeed pronounced yoo-per. You sure about that? I’ve never seen one in the UP, though they have some down in troll country (NOT FAIR!). Tim Horton’s store locater agrees with me. [/QUOTE] Really? And here I thought I was in the UP --I was in Wisconsin? :eek: How weird is that… Ok, you win. but I still say the pasties rule out any respect you deserve. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/15 "2008-05-30T16:35:25Z")
The UP is a hand, too. Its just sideways & not to scale with the LP. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/16 "2008-05-30T18:59:27Z")
yoo-pee? yoo-per? YOO CAT! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/17 "2008-05-30T19:24:03Z")
What are you rambling on about, Yooper? There’s what, 5 of you up there? [QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] The UP is a hand, too. Its just sideways & not to scale with the LP. [/QUOTE] Nope, the UP is most definitely a rabbit. Though you can sort of makeshift the UP with your left hand if necessary. _sigh_ I’m really, really going to miss Michigan. –Your Friendly Neighborhood Troll ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/18 "2008-05-30T20:06:48Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] So if lower Michigan looks like a hand, and Florida is America’s penis… [/QUOTE] [What](http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2008/05/421370/Cuba-1.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![onedayfishsale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onedayfishsale/32/4398_2.png) [@onedayfishsale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onedayfishsale)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/19 "2008-05-30T20:13:12Z")
Ooh, another one for [my collection](http://www.feep.org/gallery/upgap). ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130/20 "2008-05-30T20:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=One Day Fish Sale] Ooh, another one for [my collection](http://www.feep.org/gallery/upgap). [/QUOTE] Heh, I love it. You need to find more of those! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-heres-why-us-yoopers-get-a-little-testy-at-times/451130.md?page=2)