1. You didn't have a spring break from high school.
2. You often go down to the "crick".
3. You have "warshed" the clothes.
4. I ask you to hand me one of those "gum-bands" and you actually know what I am talking about.
5. You know you can't drive too fast on the back roads because of the deer.
6. You know Beaver Valley, Turtle Crick, Mars, Slippery Rock, Greentree, and New Castle are all names of towns.
7. A girl walks up to three of her friends and says; "Hey yinz guys".
8. You hear "you guyses", and don't think twice about it. "Your guyses house is nice".
9. Someone refers to the "Mon" or the Yough" and you actually know what they are talking about.
10. You remember the blizzard of 1993 or 1976 or etc.... and remember not being able to go outside because the snow was over your head and you would have suffocated.
11. Someone starts the chant, "Here we go Still-ers" and you join in, in proper cadence, waving a terrible towel.
12. You drink pop, eat hoagies, love pierogies, and one of your favorite sandwiches actually has coleslaw and french fries "ON" it.
13. You know what a "still mill" is.
14. You expect temps in the winter to be record breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
15. You know what Eat N' Park is and frequently ate breakfast there at 2:00 AM after the bar closed and made fun of people.
16. You order "dippy eggs" in a restaurant and get exactly what you wanted.
17. You have been to Braun's Bread Plant or Story Book Forest for a school field trip.
18. You refuse to buy condiments besides Heinz unless a Pittsburgh athlete's picture is on the side of the container.
19. When you call a dog or child you shout, "Kum-mear", and they actually come.
20. Franco, Roberto, and Mario don't need last names and you can recite their exploits by heart.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
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