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100 new things not to do in Milwaukee
 
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

Last updated Jan. 16, 2009 at 5:26 a.m.
Tags: 100 things, not to do

You've most likely read the OnMilwaukee.com 100 Things To Do in Milwaukee as well as our 100 More things to do in Milwaukee.

We've put a new twist on the list. Here's our witty, somewhat sassy, laugh at ourselves list of 100 Things NOT to do in Milwaukee. Please enjoy them, and please don't take them too seriously -- we like to have fun around here. Use the talkback button to list any that we may have forgotten.

  1. Order a Coors Light
  2. Ride a Kawasaki
  3. Sass the pepperoni/cannoli guy
  4. Ring the buzzer at the Great Northern train bar
  5. Take a custard order from Deputy Police Chief Monica Ray
  6. Speed on Lincoln Memorial Dr.
  7. Drive a semi or other heavy vehicle across the Hoan Bridge
  8. Ask for turkey sausage at Usinger's
  9. Expect most folks to get dressed up for anything
  10. Tell Brewer ushers you don't have your ticket
  11. Drive less than 85 mph to Chicago
  12. Jaywalk
  13. Not complain about the weather
  14. Park during a snow emergency
  15. Bet on the Brewers winning the World Series
  16. Pay list price for anything
  17. Criticize the Packers when they're winning
  18. Give away the password to the Safe House
  19. Be pregnant and wear a bikini at Summerfest
  20. Spit off the Summerfest tram
  21. Shout, "Look at them mullets!" at State Fair
  22. Mistake sheep dung for Cream Puff at State Fair
  23. Enter pie-eating contest at State Fair activity dome
  24. Ask someone in Door County or Lake Geneva, "What's a FIB?"
  25. Use the TYME machine at Summerfest, when you're in a hurry
  26. Taste the greasy stain on the bus or taxi window
  27. Use a YMCA Stairmaster when someone else is signed up
  28. Feed bread to the geese (it expands in their stomachs, you know)
  29. Order a beer at Bryant's or At Random
  30. Light up at the Bong Rec Area
  31. Ride the Milwaukee Ducks without snorkeling gear
  32. Try to use a credit card at Ma Fischer's
  33. Decline a dance with Freeway at a Bucks game
  34. Make fun of Milwaukee accent in Packard Ave. bar
  35. Buy Brewers tickets from a scalper
  36. Wear "No Fat Chicks" shirt at local mall
  37. Go to Northridge and ask, "where'd all the stores go?"
  38. Order a hamburger on Friday at Serb Hall
  39. Wear Vikings hat to local Hooters
  40. Touch dancers at West Allis strip club
  41. Take "Touch TMJ4" slogan too literally and assault Mike Gousha ("the TV told me to")
  42. Suggest new building project designed by someone other than Santiago Calatrava
  43. Attempt to cut in on "Red and Fred" at Jazz in the Park or River Rhythms
  44. Suggest to George Watts that he move his store to the end of the Park East Freeway
  45. Attempt to fly anywhere directly from Mitchell Airport (Midwest Express excluded, of course)
  46. Go to Potawatomi without a pack of cigarettes
  47. Shout Bingo for fun in crowded casino
  48. Tell Scott Steele that Albert the Alleycat could kick Spunky's butt
  49. Call Mayor Norquist, shout, "sweet apple pie" or "light rail blows," then hang up

  50. OnMilwaukee.com ... Milwaukee's in click.

  51. Stand on any Milwaukee street corner, attempt to hail a cab
  52. Take an afternoon swim in the Milwaukee River
  53. Ask about the clocks at George Webb
  54. Dial 414 when you should've dialed 262
  55. Be surprised when Brewers trade top talent for aging former unproven great
  56. Be surprised when Milwaukee sports failure becomes superstar after being traded
  57. Taste the paint from your County Stadium seat
  58. Trust the weatherman
  59. Ask for custard at Baskin-Robbins/31 Flavors
  60. Expect that renewing your drivers license will only take 10 minutes
  61. Don't pay your parking tickets
  62. Forget that property taxes increase each and every year
  63. Expect a great daily news paper
  64. Hail "God mobile" as it drives down Wisconsin Ave., attempt to confess sins to driver
  65. Expect Bo Black and the Mayor to kiss and make up
  66. Ask anyone in the Valley where that smell comes from
  67. Expect to hear good music on a commercial FM radio station
  68. Forget to wear sunglasses when looking at the huge Firstar sign
  69. Invite Mark Chmura to your teenage daughter's birthday party
  70. Try to convert your downtown bar into a strip club
  71. Park your RV and five junker cars on your Mequon lawn
  72. Ride your bike in a winter snowstorm
  73. Suggest a mandatory reduction in summertime fireworks displays
  74. Order a thick steak at Beans & Barley
  75. Throw rocks at the Domes
  76. Order a Guinness at the Milwaukee Ale House
  77. Make a right turn in front of the bus
  78. Try to recover your stolen possessions at the Seven Mile Fair
  79. Make Sopranos references at Giovanni's
  80. Expect to hear anything at Taylor's besides the same song over and over again
  81. Skip Opening Day because you have "too much work to do"
  82. Say "It's too cold to go to Lambeau"
  83. Wear "Cryptosporidium Rules" t-shirt to MMSD Christmas Party
  84. Call Charlie Sykes and try to get a word in edgewise
  85. Steal someone's roped-off spot at the Circus Parade
  86. Leave voice mail for Bob Reitman, asking "What's with the vest?"
  87. Expect the police chief to make a public statement
  88. Vote just once if you're a Marquette student
  89. Eat at Sizzler
  90. Sip from vials attached to lamp posts and telephone poles
  91. Eat that 1991 Ambrosia chocolate bar
  92. Eat more than a bowl of Real Chili shortly before a first date
  93. Say "Charge us whatever you think is fair" to your server at the 4th Base
  94. Go to Coerper's 5 O' Clock Club and say you want a fish fry
  95. Try to trade Geoff Jenkins and Jeromy Burnitz for Santiago Calatrava and two minor league prospects
  96. Go to Capitol Court to buy the new Dan Fogelberg Anthology boxed set
  97. Take your kids to the M&M Club because you think it is a candy store
  98. Open a health and fitness center for softball players
  99. Let your son cheer the Cardinals when they play the Brewers
  100. Wear sandals in the Summerfest men's room
  101. See Tom Green eating pizza at Filippo's, yell "Elvis sucks"


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