&rea's Entropic Paradise : Pennsylvania Files : Native Pennsylvanians
You Are a PA Native if

  1. You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk whenever hear the word snow
  2. You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kister-er instead of the mispronounciation Lan-CAST-er, as well as LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON
  3. You know the only way to make good doughnuts 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 at breakfast
  6. You do things once, as in "I'll go check the back room once"
  7. You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, and even crafts on the "honor system"
  8. You know what real pot pie is
  9. Your turkey has filling, not stuffing, and certainly not dressing
  10. You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is quite possibly the most perfect food on earth
  11. Your neighbor's have names like Dreibelbis, Stoltzfus, Lebo, Peachey, Yoder, Zimmerman, Martin, Burbacker, or anything ending in -baugh or -ouch
  12. You say things like "Outen the lights", "I'm calling off", and "They want snow tomorrow"
  13. Red Beet Eggs makes your list of favorite foods
  14. You prounounce s-u-i-t-e as suit instead of sweet
  15. You say you're going out to the shed awhile instead of for awhile
  16. You only buy soda by the case
  17. You think roads in any other state are smooth
  18. You know the Penn State cheer (We Are.....Penn State!)
  19. Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the window to see what's going on outside (Well, it still does to me....I'm forever fascinated with the Amish lifestyle!)
  20. You never see any Confederate Flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield
  21. You prefer Hershey's chocolate to Godiva (I thought everyone did!)
  22. You consider Pittsbugh to be "out west" and know that the fastest way to Philadelphia is the turnpike
  23. School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half hour to finish because nearly every town has its own school district
  24. When someone says 1972 you immediately think (Hurricane) Agnes. When someone says 1979, you think Three Mile Island
  25. You call sloppy joes "barbecue"
  26. You think medium rare equals well done
  27. When it snows, they put cinders on the road instead of sand
  28. You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup
  29. You have more miles on your snowblower than your car
  30. You have ten favorite recipes for venison
  31. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow
  32. You owe more money on your snowblower than your car
  33. Said snowblower gets stuck on your roof
  34. Local newspaper covers national and world news on 1/4 page but requires 6 pages for sports.
  35. You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday
  36. You head south to go to your cottage
  37. You find -20F "a little chilly"
  38. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer
  39. You know the four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction
  40. The municipality buys a Zamboni before a school bus
  41. You fondly remember days of youth known as "snow days" (Not in my school district!)
  42. Words like buggy, hoagie, chipped ham, and pop, mean something to you.
  43. You can use the phrase firehall wedding and not even bat an eye
  44. You understand the majority of these and are already making plans to share this page with all your co-workers and friends in PA.