Sunday, June 11, 2006

Signs Showing You Might Be Canadian ...
- You understand the phrase "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine on the chesterfield."
- You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
- You drink Pop, not Soda.
- You know what a Mickey, a 2-4, and a 40, mean
-You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.
- You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
-You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
-You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
-You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.
- You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
-You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim CarreyMike Myers & more, are Canadians.
-You know what a touque is.
-You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed".
-Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
-You know that the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still winter, and roadwork.
-You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.
-You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan". And know where it is.
-You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
-"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than,"Huh?"

You know you live in the Maritimes when...
- Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor....onthe highway.
-You measure distance in hours.
-You know several people who have hit a deer.
-You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- You use a down filled comforter in the summer.
-You can drive 100 km through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzardwithout flinching.
-You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
-You carry jumper cables in your car and know how to use them.
-You know there are seven empty cars running in the parking lot of the CanadianTire store at any given time.
-You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled withsnow.
-Your lingerie consists of tube socks and flannel pajamas.
-It takes three hours to go to the store for one item, even when you'rein a hurry because you have to stop and talk to everybody in town.

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