Monthly Archives: January 2008

A True Michigander!

Got this from Colleen (McGinnis) Murray and I thought I would share it.


Are  you aware that Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan?… funny and acurate!!!


You might live in Michigan when …


2. If you’re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation.

3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed November through March.

4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of  the year.

5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there.

6. If your dad’s suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of  his forehead.

7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time.

8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches.

9. If you have had a long telephone onversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.

Part 2 –

You’re a true MICHIGANDER when . . .

1. “Vacation” means going up north on I-75

2. You measure distance in hours.







9. You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

10. Driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are filled with snow.


12. You can identify a southern or eastern  accent.



15. Down South to you means Ohio.

16. A brat is something  you eat.


18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.



21. You find 0 degrees “a little chilly.”

22.  You drink pop and bake with soda.

23. Your doctor tells you to  drink Vernors and you know it’s not medicine.

24. And you can actually drink it without coughing.

25. You know what a  Yooper is.

26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American.

27. You know that UP is a place, not a  direction.

28. You know it’s possible to live in a  thumb.


30. You actually understand these  jokes, and you forward them to all your Michigan friends.


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37 Things You May Not Know!

Thought this was interesting…

1. Coca-Cola was originally green.

2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.



7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!..

8. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath..

9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

10. People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.



toughest tongue twister in the English language.


14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. “Spades” King David; “Clubs” Alexander the Great;” Hearts” Charlemagne; “Diamonds” Julius Caesar.

15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321



Answer: All invented by women.

18. Honey This is the only food that doesn’t spoil.

19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

20. A snail can sleep for three years.

21. All polar bears are left handed.


23. Butterflies taste with their feet.

24. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

25. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.


27. Shakespeare invented the word ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’.



30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.




34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

36. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different


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Current Pictures – Amy (Patrella) Connolly

Here is a picture of Amy (Patrella) Connolly’s sons.

Jared, 12 and Jacob, 10.

Jared and Jacob Connolly

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Current Pictures

Please take a look at the attached comments for current pictures from the Class of 1985.Please feel free to add your picture to the site or send it to me.

Thanks,  Sylvia

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