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choochoopain t1_j04cea3 wrote

You just unlocked a core memory of mine. I was in HS from 2009-2012 and I explicitly remember a friend of mine at the time my freshman year doing this. I do love Philly as a city though.

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Snoo-14331 t1_j04d3uf wrote

My friends did it at the end of the last school year!

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crimsonCapo t1_j04g1p7 wrote

Didn't do it but it is, indeed, real. Some people in my class did it.

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RandomCreeper3 t1_j04ldoj wrote

I’m from Philly originally and hearing people do this greatly pleases me!

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bigkutta t1_j04le4h wrote

Yeah it’s a thing in some MD high schools as recently as 3 years ago at lesst

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giscard78 t1_j04lyew wrote

We did it in the Maryland suburbs ~15 years ago. The college version was to get a slice of pizza in Manhattan but I can’t remember what made it a timed challenge, maybe leave at a certain time and back for morning classes.

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DefinitelyAFakeName t1_j04nf5o wrote

I've been working in schools for the last year and I was so scared. That one is actually super adorable. This is the kind of challenge that's acceptable. Good in yall!

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frankie_fudgepop t1_j04p7zn wrote

From DC, went to high school in DC, graduated high school in 2004. Never heard of this.

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xSlappy- t1_j04t0w3 wrote

From Long Island, I know someone who did it. Huge pothead

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AceMcClean t1_j04xd27 wrote

Gonzaga kids did. I went to a different Nova school and knew/heard about it

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YourLocalNavi t1_j04xesg wrote

I grew up in Montgomery County and i've never heard of this~

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giscard78 t1_j051ame wrote

Replying to First-Owl1453 (#924,395)

We did it after getting age of majority so at 18 we could sign ourselves in/out. You still needed your parent’s consent and plenty of people’s parents didn’t sign it.

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throws_rocks_at_cars t1_j0541qm wrote

Replying to Too_LeDip_To_Quit (#924,087)

My fraternity in college in Baltimore had the cheesesteak challenge for the pledges.

You have to bring $35 in cash and drive to Philly to get 1x Pat’s, 1x Geno’s, and 1x Tony Luke’s. If you can eat all three without throwing up you win.

Also you have to bring some cheesesteaks back for the bros.

However if you actually want good cheesesteaks, avoid pats and genos. And tony Luke’s is a chain. I just spent 5 weeks in Philly and the best one, hands down, is Angelo’s in south Philly. Pats and genos sucks. DelAssandros is barely even in Philly, and it’s not good. Ishkabibble is OK. the rest are all ok. Just get Angelo’s.

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JMan9391 t1_j055mql wrote

Went to high school in DC, never heard of this. We had the Chipotle Challenge (or whatever it was called), where you tried to eat a bunch of burritos and ran a mile.

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katthekat t1_j057q6o wrote

Went to HS in Fairfax (graduated 2013). This was a thing, definitely

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crack_spirit_animal t1_j057qjf wrote

I went to a private high school in DC and later had roommates who went to high school in Fairfax that did it. It's definitely hit or miss.

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Low-Injury-3371 t1_j05c9xt wrote

A few of my friends did it! My parents wanted to know about every tardy and absent notification they ever got so I was too scared to try. In HS from 2007-2011

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chemeazy97 t1_j05cvze wrote

Yes haha I can’t believe other schools did it too!! My friends and I “failed” the challenge because of some traffic on 95-S coming back, but I‘ve heard others did it so efficiently they got back before the last period of the day lmao

Edit: did this in 2014. Really surprised to hear this is still a thing

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smgoalie13 t1_j05dkrc wrote

yesss - went to high school in Rockville :)

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isabellla321 t1_j05grwn wrote

I did! We left at 8:10AM and were supposed to be back by 2:55PM. We failed horribly. Had a blast in Philly the whole day instead. So much fun! This brought back many memories.

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CraftyAd7065 t1_j05isgl wrote

Replying to throws_rocks_at_cars (#925,183)

Delassandos isn't in Philly? Really. Somebody should tell them that. They've gotten " best in the city" numerous times over the years. Not good? You must be from Indiana, or something. Safe to say there's no accounting for taste. Especially yours.

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CraftyAd7065 t1_j05jgz6 wrote

Aldo's in NE Pilly. Great pizza too. Now I'm hungry.

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KillroysGhost t1_j05pcla wrote

West Potomac High School graduate here, we did it as Seniors

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jestervalen t1_j06a7zx wrote

Yes I did it. That was my first and only time ever stepping foot in Philadelphia.

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unexpectedones t1_j06ff6f wrote

It was a big thing when I was in high school in Falls Church City.

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serialkillertswift t1_j06jcq2 wrote

I did it in 2012 at an FCPS high school. We failed though lol; got back around 4:30.

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throws_rocks_at_cars t1_j06k6aa wrote

Replying to hubbu (#927,553)

Well yeah, and Staten Island is technically in NYC. I was in center city and south Philly and I walk/bike everywhere and even I found wissahickon/manayunk too far away for anything, let alone a sandwich.

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lmboyer04 t1_j06lu8z wrote

Grew up in FCPS and yes we 100% did this. Was a fun time

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Millatello t1_j06lxkz wrote

My kids went to Marshall High School and can confirm they participated in this insanity.

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hubbu t1_j06q1z0 wrote

Replying to throws_rocks_at_cars (#927,568)

All I said is it's in Philly. It's not like Dalessandro's is in Conshy (which somehow people living there claim is Philly). If you like to bike, I do too, you can put your bike on a bus or a train on the way to Manayunk or Wissahickon. There's a bus depot and train right there, it's even down hill.

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jbstewart985 t1_j07963u wrote

Went to George C Marshall and graduated in 2017…this was very much a thing during my time there…not sure if it’s still a thing post pandemic

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22304_selling t1_j079g6w wrote

FCPS early 2000s was definitely a thing, although I think people talked about it more than actually doing it.

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Smooth_MD t1_j07ax14 wrote

Did it in, ‘‘twas amazing.

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Xeynon t1_j07d1we wrote

Replying to puttinonthefoil (#925,203)

Seconded. Rick's in the Reading Terminal Market is another good one, and there are other places scattered around town that blow Pat's and Geno's away. Of the touristy places Jim's on South Street (currently closed because of a fire that damaged it this past summer) is the best.

Also as a Philly native, I will say that while cheesesteaks are awesome, real Philadelphians know that the roast pork sandwich with sharp provolone and broccoli rabe might be even better. It's called "John's Roast Pork" and not "John's Cheesesteaks" for a reason.

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puttinonthefoil t1_j07m79u wrote

Replying to Xeynon (#929,212)

Yeah, those are all good. The above guy mentioned ishkabibbles, and their chicken cheesesteak used to be made with fresh chicken as opposed to the frozen sheets most places use. No idea if that’s still true, but it was awesome back in the day.

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ForbiddenFruit_Femme t1_j07vr9h wrote

Former Silver Spring kid tapping in. I did not but knew people who did. We just grabbed cheesesteaks from Jerry’s or Santucci’s, the latter bring their bread in from Philly anyways (iykyk). Hilarious tradition though.

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Iyammagawd t1_j08gyc7 wrote

lol this is not a dc thing who the hell had the money (or a good enough car) to be driving back and forth from dc to philly lol

This is a rich out of towner thing

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slobis t1_j08tulf wrote

No, but I did the Tastee Diner Pancake challenge during third period calculus quite a bit...

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dreamydragonfly t1_j093c9v wrote

It was real in my high school! I was in Fairfax county

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VoodooGirl47 t1_j0f56s9 wrote

Replying to throws_rocks_at_cars (#925,183)

Having lived in the SF Bay Area for 24 yrs before moving out here almost 2 yrs ago, the only real cheesesteak I know is from this Bay Area chain.

https://www.cheesesteakshop.com/about/

They are hella good though, and they have chicken ones too that I'd affectionately refer to as a 'Chickencheese'. 😅

Many years ago, they also had the best burgers ever. The burger meat got too expensive so they discontinued them. They were so addictive though. 😭

I did have the occasional one at Charleys but that was in the mall food court and seemed more like an average sandwich versus real cheesesteak so I didn't count those. 😬🤷

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