Wisconsin smitten with the mitten

We all know how Michiganders like to point out where they’re from using their hand as a mitten shape, or two hands up here in the U.P. Well, the recent use by Wisconsin of the mitten shape to represent their state in a tourism ad has gotten quite the reaction.

Excerpt: Illinois’ neighbors to the north are smitten with the idea of the mitten.

Wisconsin and Michigan have gotten into a savage blood feud — OK, more like a polite, Midwesternish discussion — over which state is most shaped like the be-thumbed hand warmer. It started Tuesday, after Michigan booster Alex Beaton noticed that the Wisconsin Department of Tourism had appropriated the mitten for a seasonal campaign.

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Source: The Chicago Tribune