How to tell if you are from Lancaster

  1. You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow".
  2. You say the correct pronnunciation LANG-cist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er.
  3. 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.
  4. You ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
  5. You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on "the honor system".
  6. Your turkey had "filling", not "stuffing" or "dressing".
  7. Your neighbors' names are Driebelbis, Stoltzfus, Lebowitz, Peachey, Yoder, or anything ending in "-baugh" or "-och".
  8. You say things like "outen the lights", "I'm calling off today", and "They're calling for snow."
  9. You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.
  10. Red beet eggs makes your list of top ten favorite foods.
  11. You say you're going out to the shed "awhile" instead of "for awhile".
  12. You only buy your soda by the case.
  13. You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
  14. You know the Penn State cheer.
  15. Horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the wondow to see what's going on outside.
  16. You never see any Confederate flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
  17. You prefer Hershey'd chocolate to Godiva.
  18. You consider Pittsburg "out west" and you know the fastest way to Philly is the turnpike.
  19. School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half hour to finish because just about every town has it's own school district.
  20. You call barbecue "sloppy joes".
  21. You think "medium rare" equals "well done".
  22. When it snows they put cinders on the road instead of sand.
  23. You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face, you know where Bird-in Hand is, and you know Gap is a town.


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