# You know you're from Wisconsin when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925 "2000-08-11T03:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/1 "2000-08-11T03:39:03Z")
[ul] [li]…You define summer as three months of bad sledding.[/li][li]Snow tires come standard on all your cars.[/li][li]You refer to the Packers as “we.”[/li][li]You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.[/li][li]You can identify a Illinois accent.[/li][li]You know what cow-tipping is.[/li][li]You learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike.[/li][li]Down South to you means Chicago.[/li][li]Traveling coast to coast means going from La Crosse to Milwaukee.[/li][li]A brat is something you eat.[/li][li]You know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.[/li][li]You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.[/li][li]You consider Madison exotic.[/li][li]You got a passport to go to Minnesota.[/li][li]You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.[/li][li]You know what a bubbler is.[/li][li]Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.[/li][li]Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.[/li][li]You go out for fish fry every Friday.[/li][li]You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.[/li][li]You know how to polka.[/li][li]You drink soda and refer to your dad as “pop.”[/li][li]Formal wear is blue jeans & a baseball cap.[/li][li]You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.[/li][li]Your 4th of July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost.[/li][li]You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.[/li][li]You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.[/li][li]You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.[/li][li]You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.[/li][li]You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.[/li][li]You’ve seen mosquitoes with landing lights.[/li][li]You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.[/li][li]You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.[/li][li]You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.[/li][li]The local paper covers major headlines on 1 page, but requires 4 pages for high school sports.[/li][li]At least twice a year your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.[/li][li]Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.[/li][li]You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.[/li][li]You find 0 degrees a little chilly.[/li][li]You actually understand these jokes.[/li][li]You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/2 "2000-08-11T03:43:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*[ul] > [li]You know what cow-tipping is.[/li][li]You know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.[/li][li]You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.[/li][li]You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.[/li][li]You drink soda and refer to your dad as “pop.”[/li][/ul] > \*\* I’m from Wisconsin! I’m from Wisconsin! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/3 "2000-08-11T03:49:57Z")
Well, I’m not, even though I “get” all the jokes so well that I don’t notice they’re supposed to be funny. Minnesota and Illinois mostly. You average them and you get Wisconsin. Much of my family is made of ex-pats, though. Second time (third?) I’ve recommended this book here, but find a copy of **Wisconsin Death Trip** for a look at the real thing. Shouldn’t be hard for you to find it there, since you have so many people who need reminding why they left. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/4 "2000-08-11T03:54:26Z")
Crap. Well I am a native born and raised Californian, but I know 99% of all that. My dad is from Wisconsin, maybe that explains it. Oh another one. : When you know Oshkosh is a city. (where my dads from.)(and my mom is from Kingsford Michigan. She’s a Yooper.) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/5 "2000-08-11T04:07:03Z")
[list][li]people from other states say “You’re not drinking all that beer yourself?”[_]You grow a “huntin’ beard”[_]You get up a half-hour earlier in the winter to start the car[_]Your most expensive footwear is your winter boots[_]You call highway 100 “highway a-hunnerd”[_]Beer isn’t just a drink,it’s a marinade[_]Your stove isn’t used all summer,every meal on the grill!You know the Packers third string left tackle[/li] and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/6 "2000-08-11T04:09:27Z")
When you say that you need to change your oil every tree tousand miles. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/7 "2000-08-11T04:14:00Z")
God, I just work there and I qualify for half of this! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/8 "2000-08-11T04:23:41Z")
Your baby boy gets 10 things with a Packers logo on them before he gets a circumcision. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/9 "2000-08-11T17:35:32Z")
On Sunday, your whole family wears green and gold to church. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/10 "2000-08-11T17:44:09Z")
…you brush your teeth with “Cheese in a Tube.” ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/11 "2000-08-11T17:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milossarian \* > \*\*Your baby boy gets 10 things with a Packers logo on them before he gets a circumcision. \*\* Close, Milo. My son only got five. How ‘bout: [ul][li]You tow both your jet-ski and your snowmobile to your cabin up nort’[/li][li]“Imported Beer” comes from St.Louis[/li][li]You can mow the lawn at night and shovel the snow the next morning (I only say this because I actually did it this spring)[/ul][/li]And I love it, too. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/12 "2000-08-11T21:49:39Z")
**ChiefScott** , this is a list of Sad But True Facts. Your ‘…you brush your teeth with “Cheese in a Tube”’ is no more than cheesehead discrimination in its most blatant form. Sure glad I’m not from Wisconsin. I might have been offended. ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/13 "2000-08-12T03:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > > \*\*[ul] > > [li]You know what cow-tipping is.[/li][li]You know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.[/li][li]You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.[/li][li]You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.[/li][li]You drink soda and refer to your dad as “pop.”[/li][/ul] > > \*\* > > I’m from Wisconsin! I’m from Wisconsin! 😃 \*\* And I’m from Eau Claire! Or, as telemarketers say, “Ewe Claire”. Plus, around here we drink pop, not soda. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/14 "2000-08-12T03:25:46Z")
You don’t wince when you are called a “Badger.” You do wince when someone says W **e** sconsin instead of W **i** sconsin. You know what a Hodag is and where it comes from. If it’s Friday, it’s a fish fry. You’ve played sheepshead, both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-from-wisconsin-when/28925/15 "2000-08-12T03:35:50Z")
You know you’re from Wisconsin when: …your girlfriend’s favorite perfume is Eau de Fromage, and she buys it by the quart, and you like it, too. …you know who Frankie Yankovic is. …you tail gate at Lambeau field, but the Packers are playing in San Diego. …you blend your own Snowshoe Grog from your grandmother’s recipe. …your name is Bart, and your son’s name is Brett. …you think Nietsche was a linebacker.