You know you’re from Penticton when…
1. You can play golf and ski in the same day.
2. You are proud to say that when MC Hammer performed in Penticton many years ago his concert started a riot that rolled the Peach into Okanagan Lake.
3. You know what a ‘loser lap’ is and you have done many, probably too many, in your life.
4. You have gotten drunk on the beach, either one, and gotten busted and told to leave by the cops, and you know everytime you go to the beach to do this this is going to happen.
5. You know who Wally Taylor is.
6. You hate our mall, and frequently drive to Kelowna to shop at theirs.
7. You either love the Ironman, or hate it.
8. Everytime you drive along Sunset Strip, you curse at the assholes in the 4-person
streetbikes..then contemplate renting one yourself.
9. You go to Westbank for movies because you really dont want to go to the Pen-Mar.
10. You know what the Mustangs and the Lakers are because you were one at one time.
11. You never miss August long weekend. The population pretty much quadruples, all your friends are in town to camp and party, its hot as hell and all three night clubs are open till 4am.
12. You always have your iPod or CDs with you so you’re not forced to listen to > the one and only SunFM and get sick of the “new” songs they seem to keep > playing over and over.
13.When seeing a giant peach on the sidewalk no longer phases you, its just >
there!
15. You know its called the Channel, not ‘the Canal’.
16. You know about Tickleberry’s, and travel to Okanagan Falls a ton during the summer for some kick-ass, unbelievable ice cream.
17. The res does not mean university residence
18. In Penticton, you know that Parrots bark and mules are blue.
19.You get annoyed taking more than 10 minutes to drive anywhere in town.
20. You remember the Game Farm and how fun it was to go there on class trips or on a sunny Saturday afternoon.>
I guess that makes me a Penticton’er in training
By: Agnieszka on March 30, 2008
at 6:08 am
15. aka “the Chocolate Channel”
Great List!
By: taryn on June 5, 2009
at 6:32 pm