You know you're from the Burgh....

-"N at' " is eloquently added to the end of every sentence.
-You have a taste bud for Smiley Cookies.
-Words like: hoagie; chipped ham; pop; and gumband actually mean something to you.
-You will defend with your life that it's called pop and not soda.
-You often go down to the "crick".
-You bleed black and gold...
-You wake up to KDKA.
-Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were growing up.
-You know what is meant by "The Point".
-You know the time and location of every Wing Night in a 10 mile radius.
-You've taken deliberate field trips to the Andy Warhol museum and the Carnegie Science Center .
-You're more worried about Big Ben's health than your own.
-You own more than one original Terrible Towel.
-You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Heinz ketchup, and the bottle of Trappey's Red Devil you swiped from Primanti's.
-You've ridden the two oldest surviving inclines in the world.
-For the life of you, you can't understand why your all your out-of-town friends don't get the "fries and cole slaw" thing...
-You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
-You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
-You know that Ahia is a river, a boulevard, and a state.
-You know what a steel mill is.
-You remember the old Clark Bar building...lighting up while you drive to Three Rivers Stadium to watch the Pirates play...
-You know which of the three rivers is the dirtiest! hmmm...i wonder?!
-You'll still scream for Tony Womack and Jason Kendall even though they left for better teams.
-You know the "Strip District" isn't really at all what the name intends...
-You know the number of doors inside the Liberty Tunnels like the back of your hand...and yet you still count them...
-You can spell Roethlisberger correctly, even while highly intoxicated.
-You know what someone's trying to say when they mention that "Kennywood's open" (yes, that was definitely worthy to be up here!)
-yes, You will go downtown in the middle of winter when it's freezing cold just to see the windows.
-Your favorite store used to be Kaufmann's.
-You know what Ground Round is...and not a meat that you buy at a good ole shop 'n save...
-You can't get anywhere without going over a bridge.
-the only candy you find in your easter basket is from Sarris...and you will never enjoy another chocolate covered pretzel unless it's from there.

-You're in love with the Clarks (sorry it took me so long for that one guys!)
-You get your money from a mac machine.
-when, if you've moved south for school, you wear shorts and t-shirts in 60 degree weather while everyone around you is wearing jackets.
-You don't call it anything but the parkway...what's a highway?
-You can pronounce the word Duquesne.
-The name "Neil O'Donnell" sends you into a expletive-filled tirade.
-You go to a Buccos game hoping for the best, expecting the worse and a 100 bucks for beer.... And usually the most exciting parts is the "mystery box" "t-shirt toss"
and of course "the pierogie race........"
-It doesn't seem odd to cover your front porch in astro-turf.
-You can give someone directions from one side of the city to the other without ever mentioning a street name and using only landmarks.
-You don't understand why people say "to be" before verbs. "My car needs washed" or "my hair needs cut" works just fine.
-You've experienced first hand why Squirrel Hill is named as such.
-The term 'the point' not only means something to you, but you've probably swam in it too.
-Saving parking spots with chairs is commonplace.
-"Jumbo" bologna and mustard roll-ups were your favorite after school snack.
-Iron City beer is the only thing you'll drink during the Stiller games.
-You know all the words to "Here we go, Steelers, Here we go"
-You say "You guys" even if you're referring to a group of all girls.
-You know who the legend of An
Unknown "jenn" Lazy - 16 years, 10 months, 23 days ago

You probably didn't know that...


1. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
2. Pearls melt in vinegar.
3. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
4. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
5. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

6. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

7. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

8. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

9. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two way communications)
10. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

11. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

12. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

13. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111=12,345,678,987,654,321
16. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the expression "to get fired."

17. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes the looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

18. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

19. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

20. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

21. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
22. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" movie was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

23. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
24. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
25. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard
26. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

27. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

28. The man, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.
29. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

30. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

31. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
Unknown "jenn" Lazy - 16 years, 10 months, 23 days ago

Sorry I haven't been on quite as much, but morning sickness is killing me...plus having to take Abby to school and then trying to keep up with Jake and Cheyenne on top of everything isn't helping...as soon as it subsides I will be back and catching up on everyone!!
Unknown "jenn" Lazy - 16 years, 10 months, 26 days ago