ER Wisdom (as told to patients…)

If you're strong enough to walk across the room and check your cell phone then you're strong enough to hold your own urinal.

Manly Sports

Arm wrestling is just aggressive hand-holding.

Pittsburgh Polish Cuisine

It is completely normal to have entire grocery store freezer sections dedicated to pierogies.

ER Wisdom (as told to patients...)

"No ma'am, the electric company turning off your TV and asking us to cover your bill is not a medical emergency."

Pittsburgh Food

French Fries have no place as a side dish here. They are strictly used as a condiment, restricted to the tops of salads and in the middle of sandwiches. The idea of a warm, crisp fry is too much to handle and most Pittsburgh-er's must seek-out instead a cold, starchy on the inside and soggy on the outside fry hidden in their food.

A working theory is that's how their mom's fooled them into eating their greens when there was no sleeve of crushed-up ritz crackers available to sprinkle on top.

ER Wisdom (...as told to patients)

You cannot "get diabetes" through sexual contact.

East Coast Culinary Discoveries

Pittsburgh has just now discovered chipotle-flavored things and siracha sauce. They CANNOT get enough of that stuff, they put it on EVERYTHING.