Michigan Troll

[Dennis R. Preston]

Bethany,

As any US map will show you, there is an Upper Peninsula and a Lower
Peninsula which make up the State of MI; many years ago a spectacular
bridge was built to connect the two. Now those of us who live "below
the bridge" are called trolls.

Yooper - resident of the Upper Peninsula (i.e., UP, therefore "yooper") - humor

Funny, eh?

dInIs


>from another list:
>
>---
>____'s elementary school has been on break this week, so she has been
>attending a day program [elsewhere] with some kind of field trip each day.
>
>Yesterday, they went to the Scrap Box, a place where all kinds of scrap
>materials are available for kids to make stuff with.
>
>One of _____'s projects consisted of a six-inch square piece of black
>foam, flat on the table, with many small round objects glued to it, and a
>long black cardboard tube rising from one corner.
>
>It's Michigan Troll, she explained.
>
>I didn't understand.
>
>First, you press this button, then this button, she said.  Then, there's a
>message here from Michigan Troll.  Then, you press this button.  Ten,
>nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, blastoff!  And this
>part is the spacecraft.
>-----
>
>Bethany


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
        Asian and African Languages
Wells Hall A-740
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
Office: (517) 353-0740
Fax: (517) 432-2736