YOU KNOW YOU ARE FROM ERIE, PA WHEN:
1. Your ability to tell the subtle differences between the smell of
a paper plant operation and the smell of rotting garbage is sublime,on the order of a wine expert's sense of the difference between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
2. You can do the "how much lake-caught fish can I eat for the rest of
the month without risking grave health consequences" math in your head.
3. You can quickly differentiate a dead mudpuppy from a dead fish.
4. You measure unemployment lines in hours, not feet.
5. You had no idea that segregation ended in the '50s.
6.'Pop' has everything to do with beverages and nothing to do with your Dad.
7. Ox roast is a delicacy, and it doesn't conjure up images of wagon trains.
8. You have three choices Browns, Bills, or Steelers end of list.
9. It is completely normal to see people you've known since kindergarten every weekend at the bars.
10. Perch is on the menu.
11. The local paper doesn't cover anything beyond Buffalo or Cleveland.
12. If it's not a Smith's hotdog, I don't want it.
13. (Boss - in) is a store, Boston is in Massachusetts.
14. You can get a beer for a quarter.
15. Any item on the menu may be covered in Greek sauce for an additional dollar.
16. You forgot what sunlight looks like.
17. You prefer overcast light.
18. You wear snow boots to work and keep an ice scraper in the car 10
months of the year, because you never know...
19. The Shaggy Dog has nothing to do with canines and everything to do with the hair of the dog
20. You don't care to go to the Peninsula, but 100,000 people from Pittsburgh do
21. You think that they ruined Frontier by taking out all the saplings before sled riding season
22. You are 25 and still try to make it into the stream at Frontier
23. You find having drive thru beer distributors in every neighborhood as normal
24. There is nothing wrong with having a corner bar on every other
block
25. It is expected for Colleges and Schools to give St. Patrick's Day off
26. Kegs and Eggs on St. Patricks Day is a family tradition
27. 2 Feet of Snow does not mean a snow day
28. Keg parties out on the tracks are normal occurrences
29. A typical high school party involves more kegs than a party at Gannon
30. Half of Gannon's parties are attended by High Schoolers, who are
disappointed at the parties.
31. Adding a door to the bathroom at the Shaggy Dog makes it "Classy"
32. After you leave and move out into the world, you miss Erie and
can't wait to get back home.........
33. Vacation means going south past Pittsburgh for the weekend
34. You measure distance in hours
35. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
36. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.(this guy had A/C?!)
37.You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
without flinching.
38. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
39. You think of the major food groups as beer, fish and venison.
40. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use them.
41. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
42. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow.
43. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and
road construction.
44. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
45. You go out to a fish fry every Friday.
46. You know how to polka
47. Your 4th of the July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
48. You have more miles on your snow blower than you car.
49. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
50. You think the state color is orange.
51. Otters are a hockey team and Seawolves play baseball.
52. Go fish means an art show.
53. Downsizing means your job shut down and moved somewhere else.
54. More people are unemployed than working.
55. You know peach jam is really a traffic problem.
