You know you're from PA if:
1. You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread
and milk when you
hear the word " snow."
2. You say the correct pronunciation
LANG-kist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead
of the equally incorrect
Leb-a-NON.
3. You know the only way to make good fastnachts
is to cook them
in
LARD.
4. You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips,
corn chips, pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that
packages turkeys, beans, or bologna.
5. You ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for
breakfast.
6. You do things "once," as in "I'll go check in
the back room
once."
7. You can stop along the road to buy fruits,
vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
8. You know what REAL pot pie is.
9. YOUR turkey has "filling," not "stuffing,"
and most certainly,
NOT
"dressing."
10. You know that chicken corn soup from a fire
house is the most
nearly perfect food on earth.
11. Your neighbors' names are Driebelbis, Stoltzfus, Lebo,
Peachey,Yoder or anything ending in "- baugh or -ouch."
12. You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm
calling off today,"
and "They're calling for snow."
13. You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.
14. Red Beet Eggs makes your list of top ten
favorite foods.
15. You pronounce "Suite" as SUIT, not SWEET.
16. You say you're going out to the shed
"AWHILE," instead of "FOR
AWHILE."
17. You only buy your beer and soda by the case.
18. You think the roads in any other state are
smooth.
19. You know the Penn State cheer. (WE
ARE...PENN STATE!)
20. Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you
to the window to see what's going on outside.
21. You never see any Confederate Flags, except
on the Gettysburg
Battlefield.
22. You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
23. You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and
you know the
fastest
way to Philly is the Turnpike.
24. School closings due to snow take the radio
stations a half an hour to
finish, because just about every town has its own
school district.
25. When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes,"
and when someone
says
1979,
you think "TMI."
26. You call sloppy joes "barbecue."
27. You think Medium Rare equals Well Done.
28. When it snows, they put cinders on the roads
instead of sand.
29. You can give directions to Intercourse with a
straight face.
30. You only own three spices: salt, pepper,
ketchup.
31. You design your Halloween costume to fit over
a snowsuit.
32. You have more miles on your snowblower than
your car.
33. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
34. Driving is better in the winter because the
potholes are
filled
with
snow.
35. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a
flannel nightie.
36. You owe more money on your snowmobile than
your car.
37. Your snowblower gets stuck on your roof.
38. The local paper covers National and
International headlines on
1/4
page,
but requires six pages for sports.
39. You think the start of deer hunting is a
National Holiday.
40. You head south to go to your cottage.
41. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
42. You find -20F "a little" chilly.
43. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep
freezer.
44. You know the four seasons: Winter, Still
Winter, Almost
Winter,
and Construction.
45. The municipality buys a Zamboni before a
school bus.
46. You don't understand how anyone could watch a
football game
without
either halupki, halushki, or kielbasi.
47. You remember fondly days of youth known as
"Snow Days".
48. You don't understand why all sports
commentators don't sound
more like Myron Cope.
49. Words like: gumband; buggy; hoagie; chipped
ham; and pop
actually mean something to you.
50. You can use the phrase "Firehall Wedding" and
not even bat an
eye.
51. You actually get these jokes and forward them
to all your
Pennsylvania friends.