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Post number 7552

quonsar — Tue, 08 May 2001 18:16:38 -0800

"We're not behaving, sometimes we're pretty wild."
The buggy's interior is upholstered in royal blue velour. A triangular swatch of the same material is attached to the dash. Silver key chains with colorful emblems - Guns and Roses, Cleveland Browns, and a miniature baseball bat - hang from battery-operated light switches.

Five stereo speakers - including a 12-inch sub-woofer - line the inside of the covered buggy.

On the seat is a selection of old cassette tapes: "The Outfield," "Vixen," and "Hooters."

"This thing will rock, I'm telling you," one of the boys says.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 08 May 2001 18:19:05 -0800

I know, it's a serious business. But God help me, the descriptions of typical teenage behavior and those souped up buggies have me ROFLASTC... :-)

By: whatnotever

whatnotever — Tue, 08 May 2001 18:50:45 -0800

Why are the non-Amish referred to as "English"?

By: zempf

zempf — Tue, 08 May 2001 18:54:57 -0800

I'm from Geauga County originally, & I tell ya, those Amish are pretty damn nuts.. always drag-racing their buggies & having gang-related shooting incidents. They're a scourge on society, I say.

By: Mrmuhnrmuh

Mrmuhnrmuh — Tue, 08 May 2001 19:17:34 -0800

I'm from just outside Amish Country, PA originally, so this story from a few years ago was a hoot and a half. You gotta this: the two guys involved were Abner Stoltzfus and Abner King Stoltzfus... the kicker is they're completely unrelated!

By: Mrmuhnrmuh

Mrmuhnrmuh — Tue, 08 May 2001 19:29:02 -0800

Err... "you gotta love this:" too...

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Tue, 08 May 2001 20:03:37 -0800

Being in near Amish country in PA, too, I've heard some wild rumors about some of the sexual activity that goes on during those barn parties. Doubt any of it's true, though... I do like that Walmart in Ephrata that caters to the Mennonite community by having a buggy shed with a hitching post along the side of the parking lot. And what about those black bumper people?

By: clockwork

clockwork — Tue, 08 May 2001 20:13:11 -0800

the main problem the police seems to have is that the amishkids are under the age of 21, which is telling of the difference in culture. the amish believe that drinking is for children, while the "yankees" believe that drinking is for adults.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 08 May 2001 22:02:28 -0800

whatnot, the term "English" dates from when the Amish were all basically German immigrants. Most of them came to Pennsylvania because William Penn, a Quaker, insisted on religious liberty in that colony. Interestingly, I'm related both to William Penn, and to Methodist German immigrants to Pennsylvania.

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Wed, 09 May 2001 06:13:20 -0800

Interestingly?

By: jennak

jennak — Wed, 09 May 2001 07:32:22 -0800

Yo Mrmuhnrmuh....I got so much crap because of the Abners. I'm Mexican-Amish, so a lot of people joked around that I must have supplied the drugs. ;)

By: Reggie452

Reggie452 — Wed, 09 May 2001 07:59:11 -0800

I'm more concerned with the Amish kids' ridiculously bad taste in music than I am with any of the drinking or smoking. Bands like Vixen and The Outfield ruin lives.

By: roboto

roboto — Wed, 09 May 2001 08:09:25 -0800

I spent my h.s. senior year in Lancaster, PA and always got a kick out Amish hijynx. My mom still sends me shoo fly pie and Amish horseradish (HOT!) from market. Hey, at least the hayseeds found a good source - the Pagans were notorious for charlie and crystal in Philly.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Wed, 09 May 2001 08:23:03 -0800

Reggie, we should send them muscal care packages.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Wed, 09 May 2001 08:27:18 -0800

Re: Amish taste in music: It's not like they can go to the mall or order at cdnow.com and get the latest releases... they probably got those outdated tapes at a farmers' market.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Wed, 09 May 2001 09:42:19 -0800

I for one am glad that we have a new group responsible for violence and crime in America. I was getting really tired of everything getting pinned on the usual suspects.

By: anildash

anildash — Wed, 09 May 2001 10:04:16 -0800

I know that MeFi has truly grown out of control when the Ephrata Walmart gets name-checked in a thread. Hey, how 'bout that Turkey Hill iced tea? Central Pennsylvania is like the mob, you can leave, but you'll never get out.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Wed, 09 May 2001 10:13:49 -0800

Even when you don't live there, you can't ever get out. I bought the shoes that I'm wearing at the Ephrata Walmart. Trippy.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Wed, 09 May 2001 10:37:20 -0800

I'm still trying to escape Central PA, but it's too damned comfortable. And I would miss Turkey Hill iced tea and Martin's Potato Chips too much. That and the cheap living.

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Wed, 09 May 2001 10:49:43 -0800

"Young Amish men and women are drinking, then getting into buggies to drive home. Sometimes, the teens pass out leaving their horses to find the way home." ...hmmm.... i gotta go buy a horse...

By: Mrmuhnrmuh

Mrmuhnrmuh — Wed, 09 May 2001 12:31:41 -0800

Guers iced tea supersedes Turkey Hill in my area, although it's rumored to cause gall stones or something of the sort. Safeway out here in CA carries some old school PA essentials though. They have a distribution deal with Tastykake, so I don't need them shipped out anymore (except the ones out here have no freshness date so I'm guessing preservatives abound). And you gotta love seeing Mrs. T's and scrapple in the freezer (although frozen scrapple isn't quite right... of course, most would argue scrapple's existence isn't quite right). But no lager. Oh well.

By: GriffX

GriffX — Wed, 09 May 2001 13:19:14 -0800

LOTS of the Central PA folks here, it seems. Speaking of Ephrata, anyone familiar with Wilbur chocolates?