Title: The Truth About PA
Sean Connery - August 16, 2003 12:33 AM (GMT)
Woah.....that is SCARY. O_O This stuff is actually correct (well, most of it....).
Kinda freaks me out, actually....I mean, dang.
Mr. T - August 15, 2003 11:46 PM (GMT)
I just got this in a forwarded email, and thought you'd all like to know the truth about PA.
You Know You're From or In Pennsylvania If:
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> You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly."
> And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."
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> You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay). How many other
> states do that?
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> "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men
> & women.
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> You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?)
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> You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill,
> Bala Cynwyd, Duquesne and Monongahela.
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> You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't
> catch at least highlights of the parade.
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> You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he
> sees his shadow.
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> The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school
> holidays.
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> You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even
> bat an eye.
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> You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at
> least one Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava
> Nagila."
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> At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or
> most of their windows all year long.
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> You know what a "Hex sign" is.
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> 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.
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> You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".
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> Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky
> buns","shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean
> something
> to you.
> > > > >
> You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who
> do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".)
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> You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in
> several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.
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> You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple,
> Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.
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> You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear
> and enjoy it. It almost always comes with mustard.
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> You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak
> sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
> > > > >
> You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the
> beginning of funnel cake season.
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> Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
> You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand,
> Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA
> towns.
> > > > >
> You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is. (At least
> you vaguely remember.)
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> You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other
> neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
> > > > >
> A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage
> on the highway in Lancaster County.
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> You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
> > > > >
> You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers
> know how to use them.
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> You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow
> brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south.
> > > > >
> Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled
> with snow.
> > > > >
> As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller
> than you were.
> > > > >
> Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, &
> Italian names.
> > > > >
> You actually understand all this.
The sad thing is almost all of this is true!
Bill Gates - August 16, 2003 12:36 AM (GMT)
LOL!! I can't pronounce those words up there.. shows the typical California girl I am ^^
MMmmm..funnel cake...only get those when I go to Knotts Berry Farm..lol
DianicBealtaine - August 16, 2003 02:02 AM (GMT)
That IS really weird. It all is so familiar, i don't even think that it's because i'm from Philly, but it probably is! Pretty much all of that stuff is true!
StaTiC - August 16, 2003 09:29 PM (GMT)
Lived in Philly for about 2-3 years. All of that does not seem weird at all :P
StaTiC
VionZhaoyun - August 18, 2003 02:01 AM (GMT)
XD,LMAO.Hey i'll remeber those okay?That is true,and yet it is also hard for me t say any of it.
Tsukino Ayaka - August 29, 2003 09:17 PM (GMT)
*lol* So true...so true. Yay for Philly ^_^ !
Birdieball - September 1, 2003 12:50 AM (GMT)
Yep, these are funny! Should be moved to the humor forum!
Mr. T - September 1, 2003 01:09 AM (GMT)
Metal Sonic - May 17, 2004 07:41 PM (GMT)
hey I dont get it :huh: maybe its cuz I'm from Philly myself