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20 SIGNS THAT YOU'RE FROM PHILADELPHIA

 
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20. You realize that your favorite dessert is wooder ice. It comes in churry, strawburry, and other assawrded flaverz.

19. You find yourself using "Yo" and "Youze guys" when talking long distance to family members.

18. You know how to spell Schuylkill.

17. You think $2,500 a year for insurance on a 1977 Toyota Corolla is a bargain.

16. You find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking, "I wonder if they have cheese steaks?"

15. You can sleep soundly through gunfire and ambulance sirens.

14. You visit New York and are impressed by how clean itis.

13. When you measure a mili-second as the time interval between the light turning green -- and the car behind you blowing their horn.

12. You can't eat French fries without Cheese Whiz.

11. Street people greet you by your first name.

10. You don't think Wawa's sounds like funny store name.

9. You snub a cheese steak that isn't on an Amoroso roll.

8. Your parents, brother, sisters, aunts, and uncles all live on the same block.

7. You know who Jim O'Brien is, and how he died, and care.

6. You can't imagine breakfast without scrapple.

5. You're still not sure about Jerry Penacolli.

4. A vacation to the Jersey shore (downna shore) is better than going on a cruise or to any island.

3. You know where to find the Rocky Balboa statue

2. You know only tourists go to Jim's to eat real cheese steaks. You only go if it's 3:00AM and you're drunk.

**AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PHILLY:

1. You buy a soft pretzel at a traffic light, without wondering where the guy goes to wash his hands -- and you don't really care.

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