YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ERIE WHEN....

You consider walking around the Millcreek Mall a totally viable option for a date

You've never purchased beer in a convenience or grocery store

Been bar-hopping downtown, visited 32 bars and never left 1 block

Think it's normal for the citizen to pizza shop ratio to be 4:1

Know what a davenport is

You think going to North East is a long drive You know that North East is in the Northwest corner of the state

'Pop' has everything to do with beverages and nothing to do with your Dad

You have three choices - Browns, Bills or Steelers that's it.

It's completely normal to see people you've known since kindergarten every weekend

Perch is on the menu

If it's not a Smith dog, I don't want it.

You think Greek sauce and pepperoni balls are available everywhere

Pizza and wings are your favorite meal - whether at home or eating out

You keep an ice scraper in your car for 10 months out of the year, because you never know

You've heard 'it's a horse apiece' and know what it means

Two feet of snow does not mean a snow day

You find drive through beer distributors in your neighborhood

You find zero degrees 'a bit chilly'

You don't care to go to the Peninsula, but 100,000 people from Pittsburgh do

Peach jam refers to traffic problems

You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events

You know several people who have hit deer more than once

Vacation means going south past Pittsburgh for the weekend

You can drive 65 mph through two feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow

You measure distance in hours

You know all four seasons as: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction

You often switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again

Otters are a hockey team and the Seawolves play baseball

When choosing a pumpkin for Halloween, you often have to dig through snow to find one

Every time you hear 'Carol of the Bells' you start singing 'Star Mobile Home, Star Mobile Home...'

You know all the lyrics to the 'Brandel Painting' jingle

Getting dressed up means putting on something OTHER than sweat-pants (or at least the ones without the holes)

'80s hair'isn't a thing of the past

It wouldn't be summer, it wouldn't be fun without ice Cream from Sara's

Your weekend plans include a stag and drag and a diaper party

You've ever bought a beer for a quarter

You really DID walk uphill, both ways in two feet of snow to school every day

A Register is something that heat comes out of.

You go to a beach and comment on the 'good' sand

You've ever gone to a 'prep dance'

You've been to a 'Save-An-Eye' game

You remember the Pop Man at Jerry Uht Park

You wear shorts when it's the least bit warm No Matter what because you never know when you'll get to do it again

Going 30 mph is speeding

You know what ox roast is

You have a pool table in your basement and you are on a bowling league

You know it is your lucky day when you get all of the green lights on West 12th St

You know what sponge candy is

When you eat out, you get a side of ranch dressing for your french fries

You eat French fries on your chicken/steak salad- and they actually look at you like your crazy when you ask why it isn't like that everywhere...