Ah yes! "Picksburgh." Yunz are from Picksburgh if . . .
1. You didn't have a spring break in high school.
2. You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
3. You often go down to the "crick."
4 . You've told your children to "red up" their rooms.
5. You can remember telling your little brother/sister to stop
being so "nebby."
6. You've gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush."
7. Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a
"babushka" on her head.
8. You've "warshed" the clothes.
9. I ask you to hand me one of those "Gum-Bands" you jagoff.
10. You know you can't drive too fast on the back roads,
because of the deer.
11. You know Beaver Valley, Turtle Creek, Moon, Mars,
Slippery Rock, Greentree and New Castle are names of
towns. (and you've been to most, if not all, of them.)
12. A girl walks up to three of her girl friends and says, HEY
YENZ GUYS"
13. You hear "you guyses," and don't think twice.
(Example..."you guyses house is nice")
14. You know the three rivers by name and understand that
"The Point" isn't just on a writing instrument.
15. Someone refers to "The Mon" or "The Yough" and you
know exactly what they'e talking about.
16. You remember the blizzard of 1993 (or 1976, or 1939,
or...) and remember not being able to go outside because
the snow was over your head and you would have suffocated.
17. Someone starts the chant, "Here we go Still-ers!" and
you join in. In the proper cadence. Waving the appropriately
colored towel.
18. Bob Prince and "There's a bug loose on the rug." hold
special meaning for you.
19. You've either eaten a Farkleberry Tart or know someone
who has.
20. You drink pop, eat hoagies, love perogies and one of
your favorite sandwiches actually has coleslaw and french
fries ON it.
21. You know what a"still mill" is.
22. You expect temps in the winter to be record breaking
cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
23. 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.
24. You order "dippy eggs" in a restaurant and get exactly
what you wanted.
25. You spent your summers, or a school picnic, at
Kennywood, Westview, Sand Castle, or Idlewild.
26. You've been to the Braun's Bread Plant or Story Book
Forest for a school field trip. (We went to the Heinze plant
and the Isaly's plant for cub scouts.)
27. "Chipped ham" was always in your refrigerator when yo
were growin up.
28. You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz unless
a Pittsburgh athlete's picture is on the side of the
container.
29. When you call the dog or the kids you shout, "Kum-
mear" and they come.
30. Franco, Roberto, and Mario don't need last names and
you can recite their exploits by heart.
31. Food at a wedding reception consists of rigatoni, stuffed
cabbage, sauerkraut and polska kielbasa.
You'll send this on to family and friends who used to live in
the Pittsburgh Area as well as to those who have never lived
there, just so they can appreciate how different western PA
really is!
I woner how many of Yunz guys actually understood all
dat?
Some folks just don't get dem things.
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