Don’t leave us in suspense!

We can take one from CA too, actually:
When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

Also, my dad tells me Maine actually has 3 seasons: winter, almost winter, and mud season. But black flies should probably go in there too.

@JKopp – I have also found that to be true, sadly.

@LeAnne – That’s a funny insight.

@Bruce and Vikki – Interesting to compare your two lists. Both are funny. Thanks for posting them.

@Dave – Funny redneck joke, Dave. Thanks for noticing that I try to keep the subject matter varied on my blog. There are so many things in life that have a humorous side.

@Melissa – I think that it’s probably natural for any person to think that everyone who speaks differently from him as having “an accent.” I’ve had Southerners comment about my “Yankee accent.”

@Carrie – You need to write a list of Alaskan pecularities.

@Michael – That expression is more wide-spread than just in Maine. I have students from elsewhere in New England who use wicked in the way you’ve described. It always takes me off guard.

@b.j. – We really miss those Michigan left-hand turns. It’s annoying to us that in the South, those turning left go first. It just doesn’t seem right that 6 lanes of traffic have to sit and wait for two lanes to go first. Something not quite logical about that in our way of thinking.

@Kathleen – Funny list! Thanks for sharing.

1. 70 degrees is hot.
2. Cloudy is “lovely” weather.
3. Someone taking pictures of the sheep is an obvious tourist.
4. You can’t count the number of times you’ve taken Americans to Edinburgh Castle.
5. There’s a speed bump on every residential road.
6. There’s a roundabout at every intersection.
7. An old building is at least 400 years old.
8. The forests are all planted in straight rows.
9. It’s raining.

* you refer to the Packers as “we”
* you know what cowtipping is
* you know what a bubbler is
* you thought everyone drank from “bubblers”
* your school lost half their student body during deer season
* you go out for fish fry every Friday
* you’ve seen mosquitoes with landing lights
* you know someone who can use “ja, der hey” in a sentence
* you ever went to a wedding reception in a bowling alley
* you can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon
* you can make sense out the words upnort and Trivers
* you’ve seen a hodag
* you know where Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Kaukauna, Butte des Morts and Shawano are AND can pronounce and spell them
* you or someone you know was a “Dairy Princess” at a county fair
* you know how to polka
* your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday

Having been born and raised in Wisconsin I couldn’t resist!

You might be in Maine if the word “wicked” always has a positive connotation.

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Your collection of jokes (topics and amount for each topic) is staggering to say the least.

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You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife (girlfriend) knows how to use them.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.
You refer to the Packers as “we.”

You’re from the South if turn signals are optional.

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