You know you're from Pennsylvania if ...
You "make a left" to turn left.
You measure distance in hours.
You find 20 degrees "a little nippy".
You know ten ways to cook venison.
You actually paint the barn and garage.
Your name for a sloppy joe is barbecue.
The car trunk doubles as a deep freezer.
You buy beer and soda only by the case.
You keep purple eggs in your refrigerator.
You order medium rare and get well done.
You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
You do things awhile, instead of for a while.
You have a new snowblower and an old car.
1972 means "Agnes" and 1979 means "TMI."
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
Your favorite spices are salt, pepper and ketchup.
You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
You say "You guys" to mean both male and female.
The first day of deer season is like a national holiday.
You think distelfinks and hex signs are part of a barn.
You order dippy eggs and slow down at blinky lights.
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You do things once, ("I'll go check for the mail once.")
Going out is a pot luck supper or all-you-can-eat buffet.
You have to go to Gettysburg to see a Confederate flag.
You can say Firehall Reception without batting an eye.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You go to street fairs and festivals just to get a Funnel Cake.
They put cinders on the roads when it snows instead of sand.
You like winter driving because the potholes are filled with snow.
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.
You can buy produce or crafts along the road on the honor system.
Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there!
You know what a Nittany Lion is, and to you state means Penn State.
You get an urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word snow.
You pronounce the name of your state "Pee Ay." Who else does that?
Women in your family carry jumper cables and know how to use them.
You know what REAL pot pie is, and you hate store-bought sauerkraut.
Clopping hooves on a paved street don't bring you to the window anymore.
You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in LARD.
You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is the most perfect food.
You pronounce suite as SUIT, not SWEET ("We looked at living room suits.")
You live near a plant that makes chips, pretzels, candy or ice cream, or bologna.
You have seen people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
You live near a Driebelbis, Stoltzfus, Peachey, Yoder or a name ending in baugh.
Gumband, pawn haus, cracklins, hoagie, chipped ham, and pop all mean something.
You can omit the verb to be and people understand you ("The lawn needs mowed").
Your four seasons are Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction Season.
You have yelled, "We are Penn State" at someone who didn't think you were nuts.
School closings take radio stations half an hour because every town is a school district.
You have caught yourself saying, "I'm calling off today" or "They're calling for snow."
One neighbor's party celebrated his new Ford F150; another party had no reason at all.
You have danced the Chicken Dance, and you know a song in German, Polish or Italian.
You go to LANG-kist-er instead of Lan-CAST-er and LEB-en-in instead of Leb-a-NON.
            (A dear listener reminds us that if you live there it's more like "LEP-nin Condy.")
You have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
Turkey has filling or stuffing, not dressing, and you actually correct those who say it wrong.
Local papers cover National and International news on one page but need six pages for sports.
You don't understand how anyone could watch football without halupki, halushki or kielbasi.
You consider it a sport to sit in a tree all day long with bow or gun just to put food in the freezer.
From the Identity Guide Series
Okay, you worked really hard at fitting in, and now look at what you've become.
At Easter time people actually
hang colored eggs in trees!
People hang Christmas lights
and leave them up all year!
Did you ever bar-b-que steak
outside on a 10-degree night?
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