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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Jeff Foxworthy - Not Just a Redneck

Jeff Foxworthy is now taking on Michigan.

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Michigan.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Michigan.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Michigan.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Michigan.

If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in Michigan.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Michigan.

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan

Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN when......

1. "Vacation" means going up north on I- 75.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

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

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

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15. Down South to you means Ohio

16. A brat is something you eat.

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18. You go out to a fish fry every Friday.

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

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. You know what a Yooper is.

25. You think owning a Honda is unAmerican.

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

27. You know it's possible to live in a thumb.

28. You understand that when visiting Detroit, the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.

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

In case you're interested in more jokes, here's the link I got this from: http://fast-forward-jokes.blogspot.com/2007/02/jeff-foxworthy-is-now-taking-on.html

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Vernors Can Images

Thanks go out to a good friend of mine for pointing out the fact that there's no pictures in here. (D'oh!)


This one is typical of about three cans that I still have in my home - this disappeared about 6 months ago. (Yes, I horde.)

These are the first cans I remember seeing as a kid.



I can't seem to find an image already online of the new style of can. I'll have to take one.

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Vernors.com

My last posting brought up a very touchy subject - the Vernors.com web site (http://www.vernors.com/). Going to Vernors.com, one expects to find the corporate brand web site. At a corporate brand site, one should be able to view information about the company, buy unique gifts, read about the brand in the news all under the brand image and color scheme.

I'll admit that Vernors.com does provide some interesting information and does sell Vernors soda, but the site seems to be a shell for something called groceries-express.com. The site also sells Sanders and Better Made - two other local Detroit brands.

There is no consistent brand imaging for Vernors - or the other brands - and no credibility. I wouldn't buy anything from this site, but may try one of their recipes - scanned from original Vernors pamphlets.

This travesty (and for me who works in Internet Marketing, it is a travesty) is not at all surprising considering the new owners of the brand (Cadbury Schweppes - http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/ owns the division A & W Brands that purchased Vernors) doesn't really have great corporate sites either.