For anyone that had to suffer growing up in the Poconos....
...Where there was never anything to do and dealing with all the damn tourists that came into the area!
ONE WORD TO NEW YORKERS "80 EAST!"
You're a native of the Pocono Mountains when...
1. ...you can tell the difference between a "Deer Crossing" & a "Yield" sign
2. ...you can find the "cold air cave"
3. ...you can name the Poconos' original Indian tribe
4. ...you know when not to bother waving at a passing car
5. ...you know the original settler & founding name of Stroudsburg
6. ...you know where to buy a six-pack of beer
7. ...you know what a "turkey mound" is when you see one a mile away
8. ...you know the best time to grocery shop
9. ...you know how to escape the Rt. 209 Flea Market nightmare
10. ...you know where the "West End" begins (nobody know where it ends)
11. You know who was dubbed the "Avenger of the Delaware" & why
12. You know exactly where to go for great bagels on Sunday morning
13. You know the original name of the Snydersville Diner
14. ...for extra credit, you can name the locations of the other three former Beseckers Diners.
15. You know when summer has officially begun
16. You know where to buy your used car
17. You know where to find your neighbors on a hot summer weekend
18. You can name the community where Mr. Greenjeans lived
19. ... you know the town where "The Honeymooners' " Ralph Cramden played pool
20. You know the town after whom a famed Olympic athlete was named, as well as its former name
21. You can pronounce Analomink and Sciota correctly
Answers to these....
ANSWERS
1. One stops traffic for safety and the other isn't a traffic stop for a National Geographic photo shoot.
2. On Rt. 611 two miles south of the Delaware Water Gap.
3.The Lenape tribe (meaning "common" or "ordinary.") Pronounced Len Nap
4..When it bears New York plates.
5. Daniel Brodhead--who settled Dansbury
6. Bars ONLY
7. That unsightly, fickle albatross of an aboveground septic system
8. Any time but weekends
9. Through Shawnee (River road or Hollow Road)
10. After Linden Court by Business Rt. 209 in Sciota
11. Tom Quick, for killing Indians indiscriminately in what is today the Milford area to avenge his father's death in 1756.
12. New York
13. Beseckers
14. N. 5th St. & N. 9th St., Stroudsburg and in Portland.
15. Opening day at Lewis', Big Star & Hilltop ice cream parlors.
16. Colonial Auto
17. Beltsville State Park
18. Shawnee-on-the-Delaware
19. SURPRISE! Shawnee-on-the-Delaware --again.
20. Jim Thorpe--formerly the town of Mauch Chunk.
21. Anne-a-low-mink and Sy -o-ta txt
ONE WORD TO NEW YORKERS "80 EAST!"
You're a native of the Pocono Mountains when...
1. ...you can tell the difference between a "Deer Crossing" & a "Yield" sign
2. ...you can find the "cold air cave"
3. ...you can name the Poconos' original Indian tribe
4. ...you know when not to bother waving at a passing car
5. ...you know the original settler & founding name of Stroudsburg
6. ...you know where to buy a six-pack of beer
7. ...you know what a "turkey mound" is when you see one a mile away
8. ...you know the best time to grocery shop
9. ...you know how to escape the Rt. 209 Flea Market nightmare
10. ...you know where the "West End" begins (nobody know where it ends)
11. You know who was dubbed the "Avenger of the Delaware" & why
12. You know exactly where to go for great bagels on Sunday morning
13. You know the original name of the Snydersville Diner
14. ...for extra credit, you can name the locations of the other three former Beseckers Diners.
15. You know when summer has officially begun
16. You know where to buy your used car
17. You know where to find your neighbors on a hot summer weekend
18. You can name the community where Mr. Greenjeans lived
19. ... you know the town where "The Honeymooners' " Ralph Cramden played pool
20. You know the town after whom a famed Olympic athlete was named, as well as its former name
21. You can pronounce Analomink and Sciota correctly
Answers to these....
ANSWERS
1. One stops traffic for safety and the other isn't a traffic stop for a National Geographic photo shoot.
2. On Rt. 611 two miles south of the Delaware Water Gap.
3.The Lenape tribe (meaning "common" or "ordinary.") Pronounced Len Nap
4..When it bears New York plates.
5. Daniel Brodhead--who settled Dansbury
6. Bars ONLY
7. That unsightly, fickle albatross of an aboveground septic system
8. Any time but weekends
9. Through Shawnee (River road or Hollow Road)
10. After Linden Court by Business Rt. 209 in Sciota
11. Tom Quick, for killing Indians indiscriminately in what is today the Milford area to avenge his father's death in 1756.
12. New York
13. Beseckers
14. N. 5th St. & N. 9th St., Stroudsburg and in Portland.
15. Opening day at Lewis', Big Star & Hilltop ice cream parlors.
16. Colonial Auto
17. Beltsville State Park
18. Shawnee-on-the-Delaware
19. SURPRISE! Shawnee-on-the-Delaware --again.
20. Jim Thorpe--formerly the town of Mauch Chunk.
21. Anne-a-low-mink and Sy -o-ta txt