1. You have an uncontrollable
urge to buy milk and toilet paper when you hear the word "snow."
2. You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kest-er, instead of the mispronounced
LAN-CAST-er.
3. You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in LARD.
4. 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.
5. You ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
6. You do things `once,' as in "I'll go check in the back room once."
7. You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on
the "honor system."
8. You know what REAL pot pie is.
9. YOUR turkey has "filling," not "stuffing" and,
most certainly, NOT "dressing."
10. You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is the most nearly
perfect food on earth.
11. Your neighbors' names are Driebelbis, Stoltfus, Lebo, or anything
ending in "- baugh or -ouch."
12. You say things like ... "outen the lights," "I'm calling
off today," and "they're calling for snow."
13. You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.
14. Red Beet Eggs makes your list of top ten favorite foods.
If these are part of your life, you might be a true "Central Pennsylvanian."
