Subject: Shakespeare
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> > A woman was out shopping and her son was with her. The boy spotted a
> > bowlegged man. He boy pulled on Mom's hand and said, "Momma, look at
> > thebowlegged man."
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> > Mom was mortified and told her son that it was not polite to point at a
> > person and make that sort of comment. For punishment the boy had to read
> > a play by Shakespeare. He couldn't go shopping again until he finished
> > reading his play. Finally he finished the play and his mom took him out
> > again to the mall.
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> > Once again he spied the bowlegged man, but remembered what happened the
> > last time. So he pulled on his mother's hand and said, "Lo, what manner of
> > man are these, who wear their balls in parentheses?"

You might be from Michigan if..........
>>
>> 1. You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
>> 2. You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
>> 3. You can identify an Ohio accent.
>> 4. Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of
>> smelt.
>> 5. Owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your hometown.
>> 6. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
>> 7. The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
>> 8. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
>> 9. You bake with soda and you drink pop.
>> 10. You drive 86 on the highway and you pass on the right.
>> 11. Your lillte league game was snowed out.
>> 12. You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a
>> bike.
>> 13. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
>> 14. The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical
>> significance.
>> 15. You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
>> 16. You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
>> 17. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from
>> Hell.
>> 18. Your snowmobile, lawn mower, and fishing boat all have big block
>> Chevy engines.
>> 19. Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of
>> deer season, and Devil's Night.
>> 20. At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the
>> Michigan/Michigan State football game.
>> 21. Your year has two seasons, Winter and Construction.
>> 22. You know what a millage is.
>> 23. Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
>> 24. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh?
>> 25. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your
>> left hand.