You know you are from Scranton IF You Answer 70% or more 'YES'
- You can name every town between Wilkes-Barre and Carbondale (in order!).
- You know that there is a huge difference between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
- Your Church and favorite beer garden are conveniently located on the same corner.
- You know the difference between halushki and halupki.
- Your three favorite holidays are: St. Paddys Day, the first day of buck season, and the night they light the Times Tower.
- You know up da line from down da line.
- Driving to your brother-in-laws in Wilkes-Barre constitutes going out of town for Thanksgiving.
- You're on the local funeral directors Christmas card list And you have one of his calendars hanging in the kitchen.
- It takes you a good three minutes to read the Sunday paper
- You're one of the few Americans who cares where Hillarys father is buried.
- You're not worried about that fire plug in front of your house working because there arent enough firemen left to turn it on anyway.
- You know the airport is really in Avoca.
- It's pronounced COOpon, DOOOpont, and Troop
- You can tell the difference between an Irish church and an Italian church just by the name.
- When giving directions you always mention at least one bar or funeral home.
- You know what a corpse house is.
- You insist on calling them column banks.
- You tell everyone from out of town that the reason you live here is because Its the best place in the world to raise a family, and then complain because theres nothing for the kids to do, no jobs except minimum wage, etc.
- You brag about your brother who has a big job in Philly.
- Your immediate family has at least one person who works at Tobyhanna (or The Depot).
- You've ever ridden a bus to Atlantic City, Cause it only costs 12 bucks and they give you 10 in quarters.
- You plan your summer vacation to the shore around the firemans and/or Church picnic.
- You love Penn State and the Yankees and hate Notre Dame and the Red Sox.
- When you were a kid you used to get your sneakers at the A-cummy.
- You would never walk down Mulberry Street at night. (or, for the older generation, Lackawanna Ave)
- You've never even been to Steamtown.
- As far as youre concerned its Rude 81! because you think Jersey drivers are the worst in the world.
- You pronounce the following correctly: chimbly, li-bary, sangwich, Scra-in, and brudder.
- Your chuchi lives next door to your noni.
- Kill-bossy is the main course at Christmas dinner.
- Someone in your family went tudda U.
- You order a tray of pizza
- You have seen the largest pothole in the world
- You have seen an accident on Route 6 (two points if you have been in an accident on Route 6)
- You think that all of the local town names are really part of cotton eye joe lyrics (thanks to krz)
- You have seen the Olyphant anchor
- You have seen a war tank on the side of the road
- You know what a smidgen is
- You have drank keystone light for six nights in a row
- You have ever hung out in Dunkin Donuts or on the Old Forge Main
- Street for an entire night
- You remember the Globe store (2 points if you ever ate at the Charlmont)
- You have ever felt the Steamtown Malls floor shake beneath your feet
- You have recently become a Syracuse Basketball fan, even though you never were before (due to Gerry McNamara with help from Billy Celuik)
- You own a Quints Army or Navy t-shirt
- You have eaten an entire box of Krispy Kreme donuts in 20 minutes
- You know who Tilly and Tony the elephants are
- You know someone who has ridden in the Grumps cart around Lackawanna stadium
- You don't brag about your brother who's at least 30 and still lives at home with Mom & Dad
- You have had to explain to your buddies on your a) dart team, b)bowling team, c)softball team, d) all of the above, that you cant make it Wednesday night bee-in dat you are on swing shift
- You have at least one article of clothing with a picture of The Grump
- on it that youd never wear in public in a million years
- Your mom makes the worlds best piggies and smashed pa-tay-das
- You cant give directions without pointing, even if you're on the phone phone
- You know the difference between the Riverside & Nebraska sections of Archbald
- You have eaten a ha-dawg from Coney Island
- You have ever taken the highway over to the next town just to avoid
- You have ever wondered how Sneaker King keeps going out of business
- You can depict each town by the Christmas decoration on its telephone pole
- You have ever put off bringing your college friends home until St. Pattys Day
- You are connected to everyone through at most 3 people
- You have carried a keg in the woods to party
- You spend at least two nights of La Festa week walking around in a circle
- You catch yourself singing the Van Scoy diamond song
- You know that Schiffs dresses up their Mr. Schiff maniquin as Santa Claus every year
- You have ever joked about rocks falling into Wal-mart
- If only in the background, you were on local television at least once
- You hate that radio commercial that says on Mundy street, on Mundy Street, thats right, on Mundy Street.
- You, your brother, your sister, your mom, or your dad was born in CMC