| ~ You realize that your favorite dessert is "wooder ice" (it comes in churry, strawburry, and other assawrded flaverz). ~ You find yourself using "Yo" and "youse guys" when talking long distance to your family members. ~ You know how to spell Schuylkill. [and are proud of it...] ~ You pronounce ACME as "ACK - A - ME." [or at least all your grade school teachers did...] ~ You think $2,500 a year for insurance on a 1977 Toyota Corolla is a bargain. ~ You find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking, "I wonder if they have cheese steaks?" ~ You can sleep soundly through gunfire and ambulance sirens. [yup - it's a talent] ~ You visit New York City and are impressed by how clean it is. ~ You believe the car on your left, with turn signal flashing and the driver is pointing at your lane, wants you to close the gap with the car in front of you. ~ You can't eat french fries without Cheez Whiz. [but of course...] ~ Street people greet you by your first name. [only once] ~ You don't think Wawa sounds funny. [it really doesn't, people...] ~ You snub a cheese steak that isn't on an Amoroso roll. [...what else would it be on?] ~ Your parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles all live on the same block. [not applicable, but i've seen it yes] ~ You know who Jim O'Brien is and how he died. ~ You can't imagine breakfast without scrapple. [eww sorry - not me] ~ You're still not sure about Jerry Penacolli. ~ A vacation down the Jersey shore (pronounced "shoore") is better than going to an island (there's more stuff to do, plus you know everybody). ~ You know where to find the Rocky statue. ~ You know only tourists go to Geno's, Pat's, and Jim's for authentic cheese steaks. You go only if you're drunk and it's 3:00 a.m. ~ You buy a soft pretzel at a traffic light without wondering where the guy goes to wash his hands and you don't even care. ~ You have had that conversation about "wooder" and "water". [many many times] ~ And the "crayon" "crown" one too. [yup - this one too] ~ You've never been to the Liberty Bell, or the only time you were there was on a class trip in third grade. (same for the zoo and the art museum). [well i think twice...] ~ You don't think you have an accent. ~ You think your school is better than every other one. ~ You do not know your way around the city-- unless its by the SEPTA route. ~ You know John Street is an ass and you can't figure out who elected him. ~ You don't think it's dirty here (and it totally is!) ~ You didn't know we have a river. =P ~ You will stand at a bus/el/sub stop for an hour in the freezing snow saying "screw septa...i hate septa" but you know once it comes, you're the first one on. [wow... so true. they forgot to state that most of the time the sun hasn't come up yet either...] ~ You have to be home when the street lights go on- and you know the exact time they do. ~ You can spell "Philadelphia" in a second, but you hesitate on "Pennsylvania". ~ You know which streets go which way. (For those who don't know- how every other street goes either up or down...) |
| You know you're from Philly if... |
| A bunch of stuff collected from various lists... My comments are in the brackets, as usual... While I only fit some of these, I'm not exactly a pure Philadelphia, so I have an excuse. The people I grew up with however... =P |
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