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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (41241)	6/23/2000 12:09:00 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 63513

JMHO, not trying to start a political argument or anything and won't write further on the topic, even if Gloop provokes me .... I'll provoke him instead. You might be from Wisconsin if ..... If you define Summer as three months of bad sledding... If your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar... If snow tires come standard on all your cars... If at least 50% of your relatives work on a dairy farm... If you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week... If you can identify a Michigan accent... If you know what "cow-tipping" is..... If you learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike... If "Down South" to you means Chicago... If traveling coast to coast means going from Superior to Milwaukee... If the "Big Three" means Miller, Old Milwaukee & PBR If a brat is something you eat ... If you know that Eau Claire is not something you eat..... If you have no problem spelling Milwaukee.. If you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon... If you used to think Deer Season was included as an official school holiday... If You can actually pronounce and spell Oconomowoc... If you know what a bubbler is..... If the snow on your roof in August weighs more than you do... If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce... If you think there should be a "FIB go home" bumper sticker on every car north of Madison... If a Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer... IF you go out for fish fry on every Friday... If you go to work in a snowsuit in the morning and return home wearing shorts... When you tell someone where you are from and they say: 'I thought that was part of Canada... If your idea of the seasons is Winter, Spring and the 4th of July... If you know how to polka.... If you think that Lutheran and Catholics ARE the major religions..... If formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap... If you define "swimming season" as Labor Day weekend... If you have more fishing poles than teeth... If you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend More Reasons You Might Be From Wisconsin! You know you're from Wisconsin when... 1. Every sweatshirt you own is either red and white or green and gold. 2. FFA was the most popular club in high school. (That's Future Farmers of America to the rest of you.) 3. You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair. 4. The town you grew up in had a bar called Ma's Place. 5. Cheese is an important staple in your diet. 6. There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning...phew! 7. You have to drive thirty minutes to the nearest movie theater. 8. You know how to pronounce "brat". 9. You loved it when the Brewers hit a home run so the lady would slide from the huge keg into the mug of beer. 10. Sunday morning at church involves lots of coffee, Jell-O molds and danish. 11. Country Kitchen was the place to meet after the party. (or Perkins ) 12. You know someone who can use "ja, der hey" in a sentence. 13. Your school lost half their student body during deer season. 14. You know how to polka. 15. At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hoky poky and the chicken dance. 16. You ever went to a wedding reception in a bowling alley. 17. You know it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the ceremony and the reception. 18. You own at least one cheese head. 19. Sunday afternoons are sacred for the Packer game! 20. You have ever been to State Street in Madison during a protest of something. 21. You have been to at least one house party on Johnson Street in Madison. 22. You get irritated at sports announcers that pronounce it "Wes-con-sin". 23. Your high school class went to the Pabst Theater to see "A Christmas Carol". 24. You thought everyone drank from "bubblers". 25. You went to the local tavern on Friday night for Fish Fry. 26. You have drank "white soda" (ie 7-Up, Sprite, etc). 27. You have experienced snow storms in April. 28. You have had school closed due to wind chills and frostbite warnings. 29. You know what a "flat-lander" is and you know all the "why Wisconsin is better than Illinois" jokes. 30. You get choked up when you hear the University Marching Band play "On Wisconsin". 31. You believe that Badgers will always beat Gophers. 31a. The Packers will always be better than the Vikings, no matter what the standings are. 32. You have been to a "BoDeans" concert. 33. You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana,German Fest, Irish Fest or all of the above. 34. You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair. 35. You have gone out of your way to eat ice cream at Gilles' or Kopp's. 36. And you know you're from Wisconsin if you saw Fargo and didn't hear an accent! And some more new reasons you are from Wisconsin You might be from Wisconsin if: You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit The mosquitoes have landing lights You have more miles on your snowblower than your car or SNOWMOBILE! Goodyear Tire on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard Driving is better in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow Sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car The local paper covers major headlines on * page, but requires 6 pages for sports At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof You think the start of deer season is a national holiday Your major church fundraiser isn't bingo-it's sausage making You head south to go to your cottage You know which leaves make good toilet paper You find 0 degrees a little chilly The trunk of you car doubles as a deep freezer You play hockey outdoors 10 months a year Your hometown buys a Zamboni when they need a bus You know what to do with a Blatz You actually understand these jokes You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (41241)	6/23/2000 12:16:00 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 63513

<<even if Gloop provokes me ....>> Hey - I'm all ears as to a solution. These people ( In most cases guilty ) are not the type of people you rehabilitate. They should not be permitted to have the chance to commit another crime. Having said that, I couldn't be the guy who flipped the switch. Furthermore I'm not sure the system should pay for it with tax dollars in the same way I'm opposed to paying for abortions. The answers are not easy and the questions are many. I'm all ears