Once
upon a time, in a land not so far away in
Wawa, Pennsylvania, the Harry Clan was born.
The original Harry concept came from a bunch
of filthy and not so nice members of the Pagan
Motorcycle gang and some other scrubs not
unlike ourselves. Back in the day, it was
cool to be an overnight stock boy (we all
know what Joe and Jack were really packin’!)
during the summer months. This seasonal help
was a revolving door and thus the permanent
staff was too lazy to even attempt to memorize
their names. Instead, they simply referred
to everyone as Har and because they yelled
a lot, the phase “Yo Har!” was
born. Even more interesting is that our sister
family, the Marty’s was born much the
same way in the Acme (pronounced Ak-A-Me)
Warehouse.
The phrase was frequently coined in our home
base, 793 Mount Road as well as at outside
social gatherings and evolved into the term
of endearment that it is today. There are
a handful of Harries that can claim themselves
as founding fathers and there are many, many,
Harries that can claim to enjoy the brother
and sisterhood, friendship, loyalty, and various
other benefits of being a Harry. These benefits
include, but are certainly not limited to:
Natty Ice (“the best beer on Earth”),
Frisbee Friday, Saucer Saturday’s, Jack’s
basement (both the unfinished and finished
versions), Harry Beer Pong, Harry Flip Cup,
St. Patrick Harry’s Day, the inflatable
Whale Pool, Harry Miller Band, Fightin’
Phillies Business Person’s Specials
(preferably with $1 Dogs), Harry T-Shirts,
Java Joe’s, Jack’s Hot Tub, Scott/Beth's
Hot TUb, streaking, Harry Matt being naked,
and most importantly, all of the marriages
that have either blossomed from Harryhood
or have graced us with new Harries and Harriettes.
Modern day times have shown a dramatic increase
in the population of Harry’s and technology
used to facilitate communications between
the Harries, good and bad. There are better
than 50 members of the Harry extended family,
we operate two websites, blackberries, high
speed internet access, laptops, numerous bottles
of Jaeger and Captain Morgan, our mascot Cookie
Wheeler is a certified vibrating milkbone
operator, and our Nextel Bling-Bling functionality
facilitates instantaneous “Yo Har’s!”.
In addition, our membership includes members
from far away venues such as Hiroshima, Japan,
and Tunisia.
SOME
OF HARRY FAST FACTS
International Greeting:
“Yo Har!”, spoken loud enough
for others to hear but not too loud to be
obnoxious, generally speaking Harry Congratulatory Contact:
“Good Game!” followed by a swift,
non pain inducing, non-sexual (very important
factor), slap on the pooper. International Motto:
“Casual Sex is Ok” International Harry Handshake:
closed fist, gentle fist to fist contact Harry Pastime: Streaking
Official Beer of the Harries:
Natty Ice Official Shot of the Harries:
Jäger Official Punch of the Harries:
Jack’s Hurricane Punch (w/ grain alcohol)
