Pa members Only!!!!

[Loserkidwac]

LoL no one else will understand this...my mom sent me this e-mail read about half of it and figured i'd share its pretty good:



Talking Pennsylvanian ...

Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!
About Pennsylvanians:

You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything
but "Philly" and New Jersey has always been " Jersey"
You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced
Pee-ay). How many other states do that?

"You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to
a group of men and women

You know how to respond to the question
"Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?)
You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre ,
Schuylkill , the Pocono's, Tamaqua, Tunkannock, Bala
Cynwyd, Duquesne and Monongahela.

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

You know what " Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it
means if he sees his shadow.

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

You know how to get 'rid' of things and how to read up.

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

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

You know what a "Hex sign" is.

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.

You own only 4 condiments: salt, pepper, mustard and
ketchup.

Words like "hoagie," "crick," "chipped ham,"
"sticky buns," "shoo-fly pie," "pierogies" and
"pocketbook" actually mean something to you. That's
PA slang for purse!

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

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

You know several places to purchase or that serve
Scrapple, Summer Sausage and Hot Bacon Dressing.

You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street
vendor without fear and enjoy it. It almost always
comes with mustard.

You know the difference between a cheese steak and a
pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a
really good one out side PA, except Atlantic City on
the boardwalk.

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

Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for
breakfast.

You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise ,
Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville,
Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns. (and the first
three were consecutive stops on the Reading RR)

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

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

A traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a
horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County

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.
You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid,
de-icer, or a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you
now 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, and Italian names.

You also know someone who lives "down the lane".

You actually understand all this and send it on to
other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians!

[05Accent]

hahaha!!!

[StatikSubie]

haha thats the best and the scary thing is i have done or heard of everything on that list to. Been living in pa for 24 years

[delspool]

i just moved here... this post scares me of the future lol

[Loserkidwac]

Ha ha ha yea It creeped me out since just about everything on there is true...

[ToyotaTat]

i read that a few years ago, still funny

[bsteimel]

sadly its all true

[Honest_Bob]

I know most of those things...

[Crzyguy972]

thats good

[xEJ20x]

A few of these could also be understood by South Jersey dwellers.

[drew]

Originally Posted by delspool

i just moved here... this post scares me of the future lol

i moved here a year ago and still dont know half of the stuff

[Renegade_]

Ahaha, I knew all of it - man....

[LiquidFire]

wow i know it all, kinda scary

[james_ls]

I'm only 19 and I knew ALL of it.

Rock on Team PEE-AY!!

[240sxDann]

lol thats awesome. I love PA!

[4g4d4u]

its hard for me to believe there are people that arent consistant with this list. i rarely leave pee-ay

[gsrboi80]

Thats funny

[R33P3R007]

all true. i am sure the same can be said about somewhere else, cant it?

[CHAOS]

what is this? myspace?

[Specnomore]

Originally Posted by Loserkidwac

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.

After I moved back from MD I thought the same thing.

Words like "hoagie,"

I still get made fun of when i go back to MD and order a hoagie.

Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for
breakfast.

This too

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

You should see how locals in ocean city feel about PA drivers. After living in that area for a couple years I would have to agree with them.

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

Isnt that like a driving initiation??

You still keep a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you
now live in the south.

Another thing I got picked on about, but i was able to drive in the snow and ice and they were'nt.