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It was only a matter of time (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by lilburro on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 11:42:24 AM EST
before somebody got the Rocky theme song.  

It's interesting to read the NY Times coverage - moaning and groaning today about PA food combinations.  Oh, the NY Times.

Edwards would've done really well in PA I think.

So, What's wrong with Pennsylvania food? (5.00 / 0) (#72)
by scribe on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 01:24:08 PM EST
Seriously.

You know you're in Pennsylvania when:
 - seven sweets and seven sours comprises a balanced diet;
 - chow-chow is a favored side dish in the diner;
 - apple butter and cottage cheese is also a diner side;
 - pickled cantaloupe is a treasured delicacy;
 - sausage forms one of the four basic food groups;
 - you can tell which meal it is, by what is served with the scrapple;
 - dunking anything into your coffee is not only accepted, but expected;
 - donuts are properly known as fastnachts;
 - your waitress comments intelligently on the distinctions between the chef's wet bottom and dry bottom shoo-fly pies;
 - hot bacon dressing is the house's salad dressing;
 - there's first breakfast and second breakfast.

And, oh, yeah.  You work so darn hard, you're still skinny even after eating all that and more.

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Don't forget... (none / 0) (#107)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:59:08 PM EST
Tasty Kakes and Wise potato chips!  Oh, and the pretzels too...

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This will show my age! (none / 0) (#28)
by Fabian on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:16:37 PM EST
We used that song in marching band - it's made for it, with all the horns.  Lots of fun and it was something that kids could relate to instantly.

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Shows you are pretty young. (none / 0) (#30)
by oculus on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:18:27 PM EST
When I was in marching band we were playing Col. Bogey et al.  A little known fact:  there is no practical lyre [music holder] for the piccolo player.  

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We were forced to memorize! (none / 0) (#36)
by Fabian on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:27:54 PM EST
Oh, the cruelty we endured...wah, sob!

It's a lot easier to march when you aren't reading the music and we would look down on bands that didn't - especially if their band was bigger than ours.  (That was almost everybody - only one school fielded a smaller band than us.)

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Got any good band camp stories? (none / 0) (#38)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:29:13 PM EST


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