You might be from Michigan if. . . .

you have been sunburned and frostbitten in the same week

you point to a spot on your right hand telling people where you're from

you bake with soda and drink pop

your family breaks into violence during the MSU/U-M game

you define summer as three months of bad sledding

you go "up north" on the weekends

you don't have coughing fits after one sip of Vernors

you eat white castle burgers even though you know better

you visit Florida and are frustrated because the newspapers there don't report the hockey scores

you can explain the difference between yoopers, trolls, and fudgies

you find yourself driving through at least one new construction zone each day

you dream about earning money by inventing a pot hole detector

you make sure you never run out of sinus medication

You head for the tall timbers if the next rest stop is too far

you know the difference between a ferry and a fairy