News from the front, side, back...

A new segment entitled, You know you're an American when...

1.) You have a indescribable fondness for sneakers and denim.
2.) The traffic circles look like turntables of death and disaster and you're amazed that there isn't more blood and burnt rubber at the scene.
3.) Thoughts about abortion and the death penalty are a muck in your mind but you feel passionately about both (although you don't know why).
4.) The thought of paying to use a toilet anywhere or for ketchup at McDonald's appalls you.
5.) You feel that trains are a novel and old fashioned form of transportation.
6.) Your mind explodes in a fit of ecstasy when you learn that higher education in Europe is virtually free.
7.) You think of Subway as fast food.
8.) Before crossing the street, you look both ways. Twice.

...and a little special one for Pennsylvanians:
- You are overjoyed to find beer and hard alcohol beside the bread and milk but disappointed that the gun boutique is nowhere to be found.