Ask anybody with a morning commute in the city who Dorothy Krysiuk is, and they’re likely to know. Krysiuk — the bubbly, witty, cute, chic traffic gal with Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia — has become as much a staple of our mornings as breakfast, the paper, or getting cut off on I-95. Dorothy helps us untangle our jams and our tie-ups every day. And for that, we are very grateful. I sat down with Dorothy for a few minutes this afternoon to talk about her life, the Internet, Poland, and broadcasting to the masses each morning.

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My friend Andrew Baron was also born in Poland and came to the US around the same time as you. Do you know him?!? Also — in what town were you born?

Wow. Lots of questions. Do you think all of us poles know one another or something? His name doesn’t ring a bell, but I’m sure he’s a nice person.

Did you have a hero or inspiration while growing up? Who was it?

Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers, and the smurfs.

I loved the smurfs! Did you know you have a yahoo group!?!

I suppose it’s some sort of compliment that someone went to the trouble of creating this “in my honor”. But it certainly doesn’t take much to be mentioned somewhere on the internet these days…

I’m not a member, are you?

Am I a member? What was that saying about never wanting to be part of a club that would actually have you as a member?

Good point. Speaking of getting on the Internet, You are a multiple time nominee for Philadelphia’s P-R-O-J-E-C-T.com “The Women We Love” site. Did you even know that? Can you comment on this picture from your days at WCAU (I think)?

Never heard of this. Don’t know to which picture you are referring.

Is that a picture taken from the tv? Weird.

I read on your Fox 29 profile that you are 28, yet it says your final year at Temple was in 1996. That means either your profile wasn’t updated…

It’s my Picture of Dorian Gray. The moment FOX hires someone to keep track of these things I’m in trouble.

..Or maybe you graduated college when you were 18 or 19? Were you a prodigy? Are you as smart as you are witty?

This in no way implies that I’m NOT a prodigy.

Do you love it when “no-namers” flatter you?

I suppose I’ll take it where I can get it.

Could you throw a wink at myself and the Philadelphia Metroblog readers during one of your 7:23 AM broadcasts? Could you let us know when?

How about a yawn? Will that have the same effect?