Strange Currencies
Could “Michigan hookup” actually be gaining currency? We’ve already received a number of search requests for the term (for which this site is the top hit.)
Writes Nancy Nall, “I, for one, would like to know how this particular act came to be known as a Michigan hookup.”
Ecchh. A “Michigan hookup” is trying to remember if the jumper cables are connected negative-negative, positive-ground, or positive-positive, negative-ground. Let’s keep it at that.
posted by Laura (Dixie) on February 2nd, 2004 at 11:30 pmAn appreciative “heh”.
posted by Anna on February 3rd, 2004 at 11:41 amThat’s really odd, Laura - whenever I ask any of these Michigan girls about The Hookup that’s exactly the line they give me.
posted by Nick on February 3rd, 2004 at 1:09 pmTaste forbids me from explaining to Nick that those ladies just want to get jumped.
posted by H. L. M. on February 3rd, 2004 at 7:29 pmYeah, I’ve asked about that as well, but it hasn’t gotten me anywhere. Which is sort of a relief - carrying those damn cables around was a pain in the ass.
posted by Nick on February 3rd, 2004 at 8:01 pmHeh–I got a charge out of Nick’s reply.
posted by H. L. M. on February 3rd, 2004 at 10:00 pm