Finally figured out what a Yooper is

[motobrewer]

all fibs are fibs.

i almost t-boned the sh*t out of one coming home from work. he decided he wanted to do a Y turn in the middle of the block.

oncoming traffic means nothing to the fib!

 

[FatDragon]

all fibs are fibs.

i almost t-boned the sh*t out of one coming home from work. he decided he wanted to do a Y turn in the middle of the block.

oncoming traffic means nothing to the fib!

By your definition, it sounds to me like FIB stands for "Person from Wuhan, China". From their frequency, I'm pretty sure that three-point turns in the middle of traffic are a monthly requirement for drivers here to maintain their licenses. Stopping in the middle of traffic on the highway is another one, but I digress.

The below is not in response to the quoted message, but a more general response to the discussion (just to be clear):

Anywhere you go in the world, you'll find localized stereotypes like Yoopers, FIBs, gangstas, hillbillies, rednecks, etc. In most Chinese cities, they look down on the "peasants" (农民 - literally "farm people"), while in Shanghai it's "outsiders" (外地人 - "people from other land" - any non-Shanghainese Chinese. I get a lot throughout China as a foreigner as well, and lord knows I don't help the situation if I yell at a taxi driver or get upset with a market vendor, but on the other side of things, a smile and a few words of passable Chinese open a lot of doors for me.If you're tired of being treated like a stereotype, the best thing to do is to avoid acting like one; it won't fix the problem every time, but it's bound to help most of the time.

 

[Homercidal]

I know some yoopers who don't use the term Troll with an endearing tone...

But I think Yooper doesn't have to deal with the REAL Trolls from downstate. Anyone who makes it to her neck of the woods REALLY wants to enjoy the rustic outdoors! I'm pretty sure most of the Fudgies get filtered out visiting St. Ignace and the several smaller towns as they travel west on 2.

I still enjoy doing some touristy things when I'm in the UP, like buying Pasties and Smoked Fish and Cheese Curds, and stuff like that. Know why? Because we don't HAVE that stuff where I live! (Well, jerky is getting pretty big lately, but we need more smoked fish...)

 

[Ridire]

I was born in Michigan, 60 or so miles above 8 Mile Rd.

St. Clair? Lapeer? Genesee?

 

[NickTheGreat]

all fibs are fibs.

i almost t-boned the sh*t out of one coming home from work. he decided he wanted to do a Y turn in the middle of the block.

oncoming traffic means nothing to the fib!

A Y turn? I'm trying to picture why somebody'd do that into oncoming traffic

 

[Airplanedoc]

St. Clair? Lapeer? Genesee?

St Clair county. Port huron

 

[Ridire]

St Clair county. Port huron

Know it well.


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

 

[JonGrafto]

I know some yoopers who don't use the term Troll with an endearing tone...

But I think Yooper doesn't have to deal with the REAL Trolls from downstate. Anyone who makes it to her neck of the woods REALLY wants to enjoy the rustic outdoors! I'm pretty sure most of the Fudgies get filtered out visiting St. Ignace and the several smaller towns as they travel west on 2.

I still enjoy doing some touristy things when I'm in the UP, like buying Pasties and Smoked Fish and Cheese Curds, and stuff like that. Know why? Because we don't HAVE that stuff where I live! (Well, jerky is getting pretty big lately, but we need more smoked fish...)

Mmmmm.. smoked fish..

 

[WilliamSlayer]

Here in the east we get called "Swamp Yankee" if you live too far out of the city, or in the 'Quiet Corners' as we e call it.

Every fall the city folk from NYC/Boston/Providence drive out to see th he foliage turn. They get called "Leafers" behind their backs
.

 

[brewguyver]

Here in the east we get called "Swamp Yankee" if you live too far out of the city, or in the 'Quiet Corners' as we e call it.

Every fall the city folk from NYC/Boston/Providence drive out to see th he foliage turn. They get called "Leafers" behind their backs
.

Never did get the whole foliage thing. I grew up in Medfield, 45 min SW of Boston. Plenty of trees, and plenty of fall colors.

 

[reeberom]

Being a Michigander who once lived in Chicago, I am quite familiar with both Yoopers and FIB's.

Why'd you leave Chicago? Couldn't have been Pat Quinn, I mean he did visit us in Iraq.... Also while in Iraq he said he would never sign off on concealed carry, Go-F-Yourself Pat Quinn!!

 

[brewguyver]

And i hate to say it, but I kinda love the term "Masshole." Doesn't hurt that the first person who called me that was a FIB .

 

[CA_Mouse]

Hey, we have street lights in town! They are right on the Main Street.

We even have one red light in our county and it gets turned on during weekdays. Usually.

We used to have two in our whole county, but it was overkill so it was taken out a while back.

I lived in a town in Northern California that had 2 stop lights... both on the same corner.....

One was the local bar named The Stop Light!

 

[Ridire]

Why'd you leave Chicago? Couldn't have been Pat Quinn, I mean he did visit us in Iraq.... Also while in Iraq he said he would never sign off on concealed carry, Go-F-Yourself Pat Quinn!!

Went back to where I came from to marry my wife. I highly recommend the City of Chicago for anyone to spend their 20's. I still try to get back there as often as possible.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

And i hate to say it, but I kinda love the term "Masshole." Doesn't hurt that the first person who called me that was a FIB .

Love that term! Use to use it alot on the drives in to work in Hartford. Bad drivers always seem to have MA tags....

 

[Capistrano]

So any of the guys from the St. Clair Co./Port Huron area of MI notice any similarities between FIBs and Canadians. I go up to the "north end" north of the bridge where all the mall and such is to compete with Canadians whilst driving.