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(Message started by: jimmers on Jan 31st, 2006, 7:58pm)
Title: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by jimmers on Jan 31st, 2006, 7:58pm
Living here all my life, here are a few things that occur here everyday and don't seem to bother anyone. So when you get here feel free to join in. Things like:

Farting at the dinner table ;;D

Driving like an ass-hole ;;D

Calling the bartender a "Cheap Bastard" if he doesn't buy a round. ;;D

Using the same fork for all three courses of dinner ;;D

Women dancing with other women (Taboo in Texas) ;;D

Spontaneously giving the finger ;;D

Belching the alphabet ;;D


Here are some things that you do NOT do!:

Do not rip on the Packers or Brett Favre.

Do not tell your favorite Harley (biker) joke

Do not say if your an anti hunter.

Do not ask "Whats a Bratwurst"

I'LL think of some more ;;D

Seeya,

Jimmers
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by BikerBob on Jan 31st, 2006, 9:21pm
More things not to do:


Wearing a Chicago Bears jersey

Bogarting the bratwursts

Running out of sauerkraut

Drinking Coors beer

Eating New York cheddar cheese
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Jan 31st, 2006, 9:56pm
Cheddarhead Dictionary

A partial list of Wisconsinisms.

If you tink you can deck yourself out in green and gold and walk around occasionally bellowing "Go-Pack-Go!" and qualify as a Wisconsin native...you're dead wrong. Youse gotta know the lingo too, ya-know, hey.

Fer dos of youse jus plannin a trip nort to Wisconsin der, yur gonna wanna no da followin words.

Ain-a OR Ain-a-hey: placed at the end of a profound statement; as in "isn't It?"

Bart: a Green Bay institution who doesn't need a last name; (see "Vince").

Believe-you-me: attached to the beginning or end a statement makes it more credible; as in, "really!"

Big fatties: nightcrawlers for fishin'.

Blaze orange: what deer hunters and cold-weather Packers fans wear at Lambeau.

Born in a barn?: a sarcastic question which usually means you left the door open.

Borrow: used in place of "lend," as in, "could youse borrow me a couple two-tree bucks?"

Brat: a sausage; a Wisconsin tailgate favorite;doesn't have anything to do with a spoiled kid.

Bubbler: to the rest of the world outside Wisconsin's borders, it is known as a drinking fountain.

Budge: to merge without permission; cut in; as in "Don't you budge in line for a brat, I was here first!"

By: to; near; as in "Let's go by One Eyed Jack's,"or "She'll come by Froggers tonight." It has nothing to do with a purchase.

Cheddarhead: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheesehead."

Cheesehead: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheddarhead."

Cheese curd: small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into them; a parish picnic favorite when deep fried.

Come-here-once: a beckoning call to another Cheddarhead.

Couple-two-tree: more than one; as in "Delmer and I drank a couple-two-tree beers."

Cripes: a Wisconsin expletive.

Cripes-sake: a mild Wisconsin expletive.

Cry-yiy!: a bit stronger expletive.

Cry-yiy-yiy!: a much stronger expletive.

Crymany-cripes-sake: a wild Wisconsin expletive.

D: a substitute for words beginning with "TH;" as in"Dat guy over dere in dah Bears shirt is a FIB."

Da OR Dah: used in place of "the", almost the same rules as D.

Davenport: what your mom called the sofa; a couch.

Dere: used in place of "there". Same rule applies to all "th" words - see D

Fair-to-midlin: not bad or great, just "O.K."

FIB: acronym (three words) for our neighbors sout of the state line - middle word is "Illinois".

Fish fry: a Friday night dining ritual in Wisconsin.

Farm & Fleet: a Cheddarhead's answer to Bloomingdales.

Frozen tundra: Lambeau Field.

Geeez!: Another Wisconsin expletive.

Gohead: proceed; as in, "gohead and back up your car."

Gots: used in place of "have;" as in, "I gots my tickets to watch da Packers play on da Frozen Tundra."

Guldarn: another Wisconsin expletive.

Hey: placed at the beginning or end of phrases for emphasis, as in "Hey, how 'bout them Packers?" or "How 'bout them Packers, hey?"

Holy-cry-yiy!: as in, "wow!"

How's-by-you?: a greeting; the same as, "How's everything?"

Humdinger: a beauty; as in "dat crappy youse caught upnort is a real humdinger."

John Deere: a Cheddarhead's other vehicle.

M'walkey: Wisconsin's largest city; located just down the lake from Trivers and Mantwoc.

N'so?: a word inserted at the end of a statement; used as a substitute for "right?" or "correct?"

Oh, yah: depending on emphasis, it's either used as acknowledgment (as "That's correct") or skepticism (That's bull!).

Parish picnics: social events of the summer upnort.

Pert-neer: near; in close proximity; just about.

Polka: what you do at parish picnics.

Rubbers: protection for your shoes; also known as "galoshes."

Sconsin: the state where Cheeseheads are from.

Schmear: when someone piles on points when playing Sheepshead.

Sheepshead: a card game.

Side-by-each: used instead of, "next to each other."

Skeeter: Wisconsin state bird.

Smelt: used in place of "smelled", also a fish that you catch in nets.

Soda: a non-alcoholic drink such as coke, pepsi, etc. Everywhere else it means club soda.

Sout: the direction you travel from Wisconsin to find lots of FIBs.

Start wit me last: to forfeit your turn, "go ahead of me", or "you go first".

Stop-and-go lights: what everyone else refers to as traffic signals.

Tirdy: same as "thirty", and used on all numbers from 30 thru 39. Exception to the "D"rule, similar to "tink" and "tousand"..

Uff-dah: affirmative; as in "that's right!"

Un-thaw: to defrost.

Where-bouts: locality; proximity; as in, "where-bouts are youse guys from?"

Upnort: where Wisconsinites go on vacation.

Up-side right: right side up.

Vince: the other Green Bay icon who doesn't need a last name for recognition; (see "Bart").

Whozitz: a thing.

Yah-hey: affirmative; as in "uff-dah."

You-betcha: affirmative; as in "Yah-hey."

Youse: pronounced "YOOS;" it means "you" as in "are youse guys goin' up nort?"

Youper: someone from ever further upnort than you.

;;D
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Woobie on Jan 31st, 2006, 9:57pm
These will all be helpful for the convention.  

Dammit - I cant wait!  

[smiley=bag.gif]
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Jan 31st, 2006, 10:01pm
Good Grief Mel - are you sure you didn't import some Newfoundlanders into your area.  Some of those sayings sure are from the East Coat of Canada too!  And do you say "Stay where yer at and I'll come where yer to? ;;D
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Jan 31st, 2006, 10:08pm
You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you refer to a drinking fountain as the bubbler.
   ..."vacation" means going 'up nort' to Crivitz for the weekend.
   ...you measure distance in hours.
   ...you know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" and back again. In the same day.
   ...you use a down comforter and gloves in the summer.
   ...you drive at 65mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
   ...you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
   ...you think of the major food groups as cheese, venison, beer, fish and berries.
   ...you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
   ...there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Fleet Farm at any given time.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
   ...driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
   ...you think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
   ...you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...it takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
   ...you buy your Christmas presents at Fleet Farm.
   ...Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
   ...you define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...snow tires come standard on all your cars.
   ...you refer to the Packers as "we".
   ...you have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
   ...you can identify an Illinois accent.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...You know what cow-tipping is.
   ...you learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike.
   ..."Down South" to you means Chicago.
   ...a brat is something you eat.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you have no problem spelling Milwaukee.
   ...you consider Madison exotic.
   ...you got a passport to go to Minnesota.
   ...you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
   ...your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
   ...your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.
   ...your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you go out for fish fry every Friday.
   ...you can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
   ...you know how to polka.
   ...formal wear is blue jeans and a baseball cap.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you drink soda and refer to your dad as "pop".
   ...you were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
   ...your 4th of July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
   ...you know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.

continued....
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Jan 31st, 2006, 10:09pm
You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
   ...you can visit Rome, Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
   ...you only know three spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Dusseldorf mustard.
   ...you've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
   ...you owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.
   ...the local paper covers major headlines on 1 page, but requires 4 pages for sports.
   ...at least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
   ...you think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
   ...you find 0 degrees a little chilly.
   ...you know what to do with a Blatz.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...you consider the mosquito as the state bird.
   ...the first card game you learned as a child was Sheepshead.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
   ...you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
   ...you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by.
   ...your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.
   ...you wear blaze orange to a Packers game in November.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...40 degrees in spring is considered "HOT', and in fall it's darned cold.
   ...You can't believe that other states close down when there is 2" of snow.
   ...sitting in lawn chairs in the driveway with a beer is common.
   ...bar hopping between a wedding and reception is normal.
   ...your dog sits in the front seat of the car more than your wife and children.
   ...You have driven your car on a lake.
   ...At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hokey pokey & the chicken dance.
   ...The local gas station sells live bait.
   ...You know what "farmer's suntan" is.

You might be a Wisconsinite if...
   ...your toddler can ice skate/play hockey before pottytraining.
   ...no steak/cheese/milk in another state is good enough.

You might be a wisconsinite if you.....
   ...Have at least 10 packer ornaments
   ...You only cry when Brett Farve talks about retierment
   ...Your girlfriend knows as much about football as you do
   ...11.8 proof is nothing

You might be a wisconsinite if....
   ...Beer bongs are for people who can't drink fast enough
   ...Cows dont faze your children past 1 year old
   ...Drinking a beer in the morning to get rid of a hangover, is how you were brought up
   ...Ice fishing in march and april is perfectly normal
   ...You think getting up at 3 o'clock in the morning to go fishing is PRIME fishing time
   ...At least one male you know owns the shirt "Women want me, fish fear me"
   ...Not fixing things yourself is pathetic

(sorry for going ballistic with the posts guys, but I just LOVE my state! ;;D)
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Jan 31st, 2006, 10:10pm

on 01/31/06 at 22:01:31, Grandma_Sweet_Boy wrote:
Good Grief Mel - are you sure you didn't import some Newfoundlanders into your area.  Some of those sayings sure are from the East Coat of Canada too!  And do you say "Stay where yer at and I'll come where yer to? ;;D

Actually, I say "stay where yer at and I'll come getcha".

As fer Canada?  Well, we are perty damn close to da place yah know! ;)
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by thomas on Feb 1st, 2006, 9:50am
Gena, are you getting all of this down?  ;) :-*
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Ghost on Feb 1st, 2006, 11:22am
Cheese on head Good
Cheese in shorts Bad! [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by imnotbub on Feb 1st, 2006, 11:27am
Farting at the dinner table ............


I thought that was a compliment to the chef!  [smiley=bag.gif]
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by minnie on Feb 1st, 2006, 12:07pm
 Ok if someone makes up a condenced crib sheet I'll take one.Otherwise I won't even be able to get directions to a water fountain at convention.what do you all call the ladies room?Please tell me I can order a strawberry daiquiri. Also how do you order a full body masage by a gorgeous(straight) guy   [smiley=sgrin.gif].
 Minnie who so hopes to be able to afford Milwaukee

  By the way in my neck of the woods pop is called soda too.club soda get stains out right.Do you say hot dogs? we do here in NY but P.A where my Dad was raised they call them wieners and wiener buns.Even at our ages my sisters and I laugh still at that be cause putting a wiener to your mouth means something Very DIFFERENT here  LOL.........
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Feb 1st, 2006, 12:11pm

on 02/01/06 at 12:07:13, minnie wrote:
 Ok if someone makes up a condenced crib sheet I'll take one.Otherwise I won't even be able to get directions to a water fountain at convention.what do you all call the ladies room?

Bathroom

Quote:
Please tell me I can order a strawberry daiquiri.

Fer sure.

Quote:
Also how do you order a full body masage by a gorgeous(straight) guy   [smiley=sgrin.gif].

Um, this is Wisconsin, not Vegas. ;)

Quote:
  By the way in my neck of the woods pop is called soda too.club soda get stains out right.Do you say hot dogs?

Yup


;;D
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by LeLimey on Feb 1st, 2006, 1:20pm
strawberry daiquiri? Were those the pink drinks Frank was on?!  ::) They were yummy, Minnie do you think they'd make it in pitchers for us to save the poor barmaids legs?!
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Feb 1st, 2006, 1:28pm

on 02/01/06 at 13:20:19, LeLimey wrote:
strawberry daiquiri? Were those the pink drinks Frank was on?!  ::) They were yummy, Minnie do you think they'd make it in pitchers for us to save the poor barmaids legs?!

WTF are barmaids???  Here, I usually have a MAN serve me drinks!!! [smiley=laugh.gif] ;;D ;) 8)
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Gena on Feb 1st, 2006, 2:15pm

on 02/01/06 at 09:50:16, thomas wrote:
Gena, are you getting all of this down?  ;) :-*


I hate the color green :P
Cheese and beer are alright ::)

To all that other stuff WHO THE F*CK CARES  :-X, LOL
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Racer1_NC on Feb 1st, 2006, 2:39pm

on 02/01/06 at 14:15:26, Gena wrote:
Cheese and beer are alright ::)


I didn't know you ate cheese........ [smiley=laugh.gif]

Bill
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Gena on Feb 1st, 2006, 4:44pm

on 02/01/06 at 14:39:30, Racer1_NC wrote:
I didn't know you ate cheese........ [smiley=laugh.gif]

Bill


Smartass  :-*
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by pattik on Feb 1st, 2006, 5:15pm

on 01/31/06 at 21:56:12, Melissa wrote:
Cheese curd: small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into them; a parish picnic favorite when deep fried.
...and if they don't squeak, they're not fresh!


Crymany!  Don't forget that we call lunch "dinner", and dinner is supper.  And you need to practice how to pronounce "Mukwonago".
;;D
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by chewy on Feb 1st, 2006, 9:12pm
A favorite proper Bostonian response:

Wicked fuckin pissa!
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Charlie on Feb 2nd, 2006, 1:36am
Anyone from Buffalo would fit right in. I don't think crib sheets for Upstaters is necessary.

Sounds like a tasty place. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/fork drink.gif

Charlie
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Sandy_C on Feb 2nd, 2006, 5:22pm
Dang!  I'm printing out all of this stuff and taking it home to study.  I gotta be good when I get upnort to M'walkey!

FLASHCARDS!  THAT'S IT!

Sandy
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Bob P on Feb 2nd, 2006, 6:44pm
Remebering my cousins - you don't throw a ball, you shoot it:

"Shoot da ball over ere hey."
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by BlueMeanie on Feb 3rd, 2006, 12:44am
Practice up people. You only have 5 months to fit in with those Cheeseheads.
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Cerberus on Feb 3rd, 2006, 8:59pm
I live and work in the greater Chicago area...why do I feel slighted?  [smiley=huh.gif] ::)

Other things to get used to about Cheddarheads and Wisconsin.
Get used to them slowing down traffic... feel free to use a few of their colourful expletives, when passing them on the interstate... they don't respond well to much else, the gridlock and lack of motivation to get anywhere in a hurry proves my point.
 Bubbler - Only in Wisconsin, Canada and parts of England is this a noun. Sout of the state line hey dis is an adjective typically experienced after drinking piss warm beer, eating cheese and being limited to any sport not football. Come to Chi-town, get a polish sasage and come watch how the game of football is supposed to be played... ;;D... ;;D ;;D
 Us "FIBs" call 'em the Green Gay Peckers... there is a reason for this... it will be self evident when you arrive.  
 Although the negative tone of this reply... NOT all things about Wisconsin are bad (i.e. Only in Wisconsin can you get in more trouble for a bar fight than drunk driving) this is a HUGE plus for our northern neighbors...refer to the first paragraph about driving and traffic.
 The oldest Harley Dealership in the World...ya, thats in Illinois not a very nice persons  ;;D
 DO learn the lingo as Mel has written it, you'll need to know it to understand a damn thing. :-X
 Learn to like the taste of Game...yes, its a stronger flavor than store bought meat, but it has to be in order to taste anything other than beer.
 Get used to the idea that EVERYTHING in Wisconsin is beer and Cheese oriented. Its a thing with them...there aint nothin else to do but hunt old ladies walkin their dogs in the back 40. Being sure of your target in cheeseland is a lost art...better go get some blaze orange cause if its white and wagging back and forth its considered tagged.
 If there is a renaissance fair going on while you visit... DONT ( I repeat) DONT piss off the guy in chain mail with the two handed bastard sword. He really is a blacksmith and the mail and sword are not replicas.
 
Quote:
John Deere: a Cheddarhead's other vehicle.

Again... Little in Wisconsin is Original...Deere Farm Impliments are made in ILLINOIS! WTF!
Have you figgerd out why they are called Cheddarheads?
Yah - der- hey, Lambeau Field...I could go on, however the relationship between French Canadians and North Dakotans and Minnesotans is well.... remarkable. Eh?
Aboot... Its footwear where you come from, it means "about" in cheese hell. And nowhere is it a floating mode of transportation, unless yer Canadian. Eh?
 Big Fatties...Dont even get me started, suffice it to say...we "FIBs" Dont Fish with perfectly good...er, um well, you get the point. ;)
 Davenport...In Iowa this is a City... In Chicago, its still a City when did the Couch or Sofa complain?
 Only in Wisconsin do "Rubbers" go on your feet! :D
 Note: the common and frequent use of the word Parish, not to be confused with Perish...either way you'll get to that eventually, just a tad faster in Wisconsin Just make sure you confess first. Any male wearing black with a small white collar will do...shouldn't be trouble finding these men...as they outnumber almost any other group 10-1. Can you say Segregated? Dont worry its mostly geographic....NOT!
 South (Sout if Native) Generally this is the place where the baseball World Title resides...but we just continue to let em get sloshed and pretend that baseball is played anywhere North of Madison Ave.... OH, DID I ERR?! ;;D ;;D ;;D ;;D ;;D                   ;;D

 
Quote:
Schmear: when someone piles on points when playing Sheepshead.

 Nuff Said... [smiley=laugh.gif]

 I'm Done now...Or will be soon I reckon...heh.
 'Bus  8)

Barmaids...LOL, they call em Beer Wenchs up nort-der-hey. LOL!

 
 

 
 
 
 
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Jonny on Feb 3rd, 2006, 9:10pm
Bus,

I envey you....not just for being able to type that good, but, for spelling every word right......Damn!!!!

Give me good sharp cheese or give me , well, sex ;;D

Not you, Bus....LOL
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Cerberus on Feb 3rd, 2006, 9:14pm
No huhu Jonny, I just aint got my swerve on yet...fer rizzle...LMAO!

None given...  but take all the cheese you want... PLEASE!

rotfl,
'Bus
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Melissa on Feb 4th, 2006, 8:42am
Bus, are we a tad bit touchy or what?? [smiley=laugh.gif]

Folks!  The con will be in Wisconsin, not Illinoizzzzzzzzzzzzzz, just to remind everyone. ;)

;;D
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by Cerberus on Feb 4th, 2006, 8:49am
Nope...jus gotta represent.  :D

peace out,
'bus
Title: Re: Milwaukee etiquette..........
Post by jimmers on Feb 4th, 2006, 9:07am

You know why you can't get a blow job in Illinois on the weekend?

Because all them cocksu%$#*s are up here!  [smiley=laugh.gif]

Seeya,

Jimmers


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