You know you're from Philly when

[supercheesegirl]

I was just reading an article on yahoo!news, when I came across this passage:

As our sun expands, the spherical boundary within which liquid water can exist, called the habitable zone, will also expand, so that now frigid planets and moons in our solar system could become warm enough for life in the future.

"In our solar system, places like Europa--a satellite of Jupiter that now is covered by a thick layer of water ice--might warm up enough to support life for more than a billion years or so," Wolszczan said.

WATER ICE?? THEY GOTZ RITA'S ON JUPITER??!

Comments

[queende.livejournal.com]

oh rita's!!! i hope it's mango!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

NO WAY ITZ CHERRY!!!1

[handmadedark.livejournal.com]

Wait, Rita's is a Philly thang? No shit? They had a Rita's in Sarasota for a about three years, but then it closed.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, or else a Jersey thing, I don't know where it started, but it's definitely this region. As is the phrase "water ice" - everywhere else, seriously, it's known as "italian ice". And when you think about it, the phrase "water ice" makes absolutely no sense unless you grew up saying it and automatically know what it means.

[piscosubito.livejournal.com]

It's definitely this region. I grew up with "Italian Ice" up until college, when that Rita's opened up in town. Now that I'm living in S Jersey I find myself saying water ice before I even think about it. Sometimes I feel shame (shunning my 'proper' upbringing), but no matter what you call it, that stuff is tasty!

Rita's are starting to travel, though, I think there's one on Long Island now.

[piscosubito.livejournal.com]

I'm such a freaking geek:
Rita's History

It was born in Bensalem PA. :-P