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I just got this in an email and thought you PA-ers might enjoy it...

You Know You're From or In Pennsylvania If:

1. You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."

2. You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay).How many other states do that?

3. You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" ( A Ground Hog ) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.

4. The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.

5. You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.

6. You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."

7. At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.

8. You know what a "Hex sign" is.

9. You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.

10. You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".

11. Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.

12. You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".)

13. You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.

14. you know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.

15. You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.

16. You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti's, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.

17. You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.

18. Customers ask the waitress for "drippy eggs" for breakfast.

19. You know that Moon, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.

20. You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.

21. You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio,or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.

22. A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.

23. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

24. You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.

25. You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south.

26. Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

27. As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.

28. Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.

29. "You guys" and "ynz" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.

30. You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?)

31. You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.

32. You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.

 
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PIEROGES!!! those things friggin rock. i love them. and yes i eat pizza every morning all the time when i use to work night shift and was hungry when i got home. scrapple is real good. i wouldn't purchase those pretzels cuz they sneeze and crap on there hands and give u them after, eww i saw that and now we only get them at the pretzel factory in philly.

 
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OMFG.....LMFAO..............this is soooooo true it isn't even funny. And some of them i didn't realize only happened in PA.

 
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so true......allentown area is my roots...

 
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HAHAHAHA Most of those are so dead on with me!! One I found that was a bit "off"....

18. Customers ask the waitress for "drippy eggs" for breakfast.

Around here they're called "dippy" eggs....and they fuggin ROCK!!!

NICE FIND!!!

 
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Two more should be added to that: 1) You guys let truck drivers drive in the fast lane no matter where 2) The fast lane for cars is really the slow lane so out of staters use that to speed in

Those are the two MAJOR things i hate about driving through PA. if u see a car comin up fast behind u, move out of the fast lane cause it means ur goin too slow.

 
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hey, i know how you feel about that one, and i agree with the "Dippy Eggs"

heres another i heard in something similar to this,

"You know that Intertercourse and Blue Ball are names of towns and can give directions without a smirk."

 
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I drove to Hershey last summer. I think I was in lancaster but I was on this road and all there was were cornfields all around.

It was scary as hell driving through there when the sun was starting to set. Took 1 hour going 45 mph til the corn stalks were all gone...

 
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he he, you know whats great? driving down a road with cornfields on either side at night, it feels like youre in some kind of tunnel.. or maybe thats what you were talking about....

 
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^^^^LOL You are so true with the "to be" ****. HAHAHAHA

 
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haha, i call them dippy eggs too.........cuz i dip my toast in them

 
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lmao that is so true.. and ALSO that left lane is the slow lane is soo trueee..

all u philly peepz know. on the BLVD the right lane is the fast lane.. like no one drives in it. lol

 
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that was so ridiculously true.

 
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when i moved to Wv ..when i was like 8 or 9 ....the waitress asked how i wanted my eggs and i said dippy....she was like what the h3lll are you talkin aboiut......

and i always find ppl dont know what a philli cheese steak is...

they always asked what kinda stuff goes on somethin like that...
then they call it a steak and cheese...or sub....

 
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i got some more


IF YOU LIVE IN PA...

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

"Vacation" means going to Hershey Park for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You use a down comforter in the summer

Your grandparents drive at 65mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching

You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave both unlocked.

You think of the major food groups as deer meat, fish, and berries.

There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Sheetz mini-mart at any given time.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.

It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item, even when you're in a rush, because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.

Top 3 PENNSYLVANIA "SPORTS": BOWLING, DARTS, POOL

You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."

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.

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.

You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."

You know what REAL pot pie is.

YOUR turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."

You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."

You only buy your beer and soda by the case

You think the roads in any other state are smooth.

You know the Penn State cheer, and although you've never attended PennState, you are a most obnoxious Penn State fan. (WE ARE...ANNOYING!)

Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the window to see what's going on outside.

You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.

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.

You call sloppy joes "barbecue."

You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.

Know that Wilkes-Barre is pronounced "Wilks Berry."

Can pronounce "Knoebels."

Can pronounce (or spell) "Schuylkill."

Never have to worry about being stuck in a ditch when it's snowing. -someone in a 4WD pickup with tow chains will be along shortly.

 
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i got one more...

you know youre from PA if its snowing by your house in april.

LOL

 
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"You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction."

it's sad how true that is. lol

 
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NICE vtec!! Its funny to read all of those.

PS. I went to Schuylkill Valley school district....and it took me till I was in like 3rd grade to spell it......lol.

 
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i got that list in an email a while back, didnt have it anymore or i woulda posted it....which reminds me,


you know youre from pa if you use the phrase "a while" in a sentence

"Why dont you do this a while so it doesnt take us so long?"

out of staters generally are confused by what that means