You know your a Canadian when...

[burgerslinger]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CANADA WHEN ...

1. You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
2. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
3. Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at
Christmas.
4. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
5. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in
with snow.
6. You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
7. The local paper covers national and international headlines on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
8. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
9. You find -40C a little chilly.
10. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
11. You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelery and your Sorels.
12. You understand the Labatts Blue commercials.
13. You perk up when you hear the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada".
14. You know what double double means.
15. You measure distance in hours.
16. canadians think 100 years is a long time - europeans think 100
miles is a long distance
17. You buy hot dogs in packages of twelve and buns in packages of eight.
18. You can get a pizza to your house faster than an ambulance.
19. You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan" and you know where it is!
20. You worry that it might be impolite if you put your seat back on an aeroplane.
21. You know that the Mounties (RCMP) don't always look like that. :)
22. You have memorized the Heritage Foundation's Heritage Moments, including your favourites, "Burnt Toast!", "You know I canna read a word...",
23. You have more kms on your snowblower than you do on your car
24. Your local Dairy Queen is closed from October to April
25. You've switched the furnance from "heat" to "AC" and back again to "heat" in the same day
26. When you have been on a road trip in a car that had no business being on a road trip.
27. Seeing the magnetic pole moving toward Russian Siberia...and wishing it is like the point of a Foucault pendulum and swings back into our Arctic soon ...
28. When it takes only a few Inuk Rangers with their dog sleighs to find and rescue a platoons of Canadian soldiers lost in the fogs of Cumberland Sounds in their latest "bombardiers"...
29. When NASA's "Mars-on-Earth" research facility staff on Devon Island call on local Inuit to feed them because the re-supplly plane cannot find the airstrip ...and to show them how to build an igloo until their life cabin is rebuilt because it was blown out by a blizzard ...
9(bis) When -40c is ideal for weekend of caribou hunting, and -60c blizzard is an "ideal" weather for an Airbus "cold weather testing" ...
30. When you can drink legally while still a teen.
31. When Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorites food groups.
32. When you dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly."
33. When you know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
34. When you wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.
35. You become whistful when someone mentions the AVRO Arrow.
36. You still remember when Canada was considered a "peace keeping" nation and not a "war mongering" one.
37. You understand what the cries "Car!" and "Game on!" relate to.
38. You know what a "hoser" and a "2-4" is and you get the self-reflective irony of Doug and Bob McKenzie.
39. You're proud that the Maple Leaf and the Beaver are our national symbols... even if you are a little embarassed to admit it at times.
40. You know the lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land"... and not the American ones!
41. You know it's spelt colour, honour, neighbour... and not color, honor, neighbor.
42. You never question why the Queen's head is still stamped on all of our money... or why it's all different colours and not just boring green!
43. You relate to the Molson "I AM CANADIAN" ad campaign... even if you still don't drink their beer.
44. When kite-skying the length of Ellesmere Island in Summer is becoming the next ultimate treck after summitting the Everest without oxygene.
45. When Seals and Polar Bears become a Sovereingty controversy and a paparazzi opportunity to shoot Pamela Anderson striptease on the sea ice.
46. When seeing the movie "Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner" helps better read Joseph Compbell's "A Hero's Journey"
47. When the most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun
48. When your snowblower gets stuck on the roof
49. if you know what "Fuddle Duddle" actually means in two official languages.
50. if you never missed "As it happens" on CBC radio
51. if you go to the Supermarket for groceries and the Super Box for mail.
52. if you know that the name of the last "Father of Confederation" was and what province he was from. (hint - Joey Smallwood, Newfoundland)
53. if you think Don Cherry is loud and annoying, wears jackets that are equally loud and annoying, but you still love him.
54. if you also know that snowmobiles don't float.
55. if you know that Spring Break up is not something college kids do in Florida.
56. if you still have a stash of Canadian tire money in a tin in your garage.
57. you remember that Pierre Burton said, "A Canadian is someone who can make love in a canoe", or you are someone who has actually done that.
58. when you doctor tells you to cut back on the Poutine.

[burgerslinger]

oh my God these are so funny I got to add them right now. thanks everyone

[Kat McCarthy]

This is a lot of fun!! What a cool thread everyone and great job Donna!!

I got this next one off of a commercial but it was too true for me and most of those I know to pass up. :-)

26. When you have been on a road trip in a car that had no business being on a road trip.

Keep em coming folks. You are definately making me laugh!!
Happy Trails
Kat

[burgerslinger]

30. When you can drink legally while still a teen.
31. When Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorites food groups.
32. When you dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly."
33. When you know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
34.When you wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.

[Pach]

Thanks Kat... this list is great and gave me a good ol' belly laugh to boot. Here are a few of my own... add as you see fit.

Pach

35. You become whistful when someone mentions the AVRO Arrow.

36. You still remember when Canada was considered a "peace keeping" nation and not a "war mongering" one.

37. You understand what the cries "Car!" and "Game on!" relate to.

38. You know what a "hoser" and a "2-4" is and you get the self-reflective irony of Doug and Bob McKenzie.

39. You're proud that the Maple Leaf and the Beaver are our national symbols... even if you are a little embarassed to admit it at times.

40. You know the lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land"... and not the American ones!

41. You know it's spelt colour, honour, neighbour... and not color, honor, neighbor.

42. You never question why the Queen's head is still stamped on all of our money... or why it's all different colours and not just boring green!

43. You relate to the Molson "I AM CANADIAN" ad campaign... even if you still don't drink their beer.

[burgerslinger]

47. When the most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun
48. When your snowblower gets stuck on the roof

[Marvin Double]

You know you Canadian if you also know that
Pierre Burton was quoted as saying that, "a Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a Canoe" or if you're someone who has.

[Marvin Double]

You know you're Canadian if you remember that Pierre Burton said, "A Canadian is someone who can make love in a canoe", or you are someone who has actually done that.

You know you're Canadian if you know what "Fuddle Duddle" actually means in two official languages.

You know you're Canadian if you never missed "As it happens" on CBC radio

You know your Canadian if you go to the Supermarket for groceries and the Super Box for mail.

You know you're Canadian if you know that the name of the last "Father of Confederation" was and what province he was from. (hint - Joey Smallwood, Newfoundland)

You know you're Canadian if you think Don Cherry is loud and annoying, wears jackets that are equally loud and annoying, but you still love him.

You know you're Canadian if you also know that snowmobiles don't float.

You know you're Canadian if you know that Spring Break up is not something college kids do in Florida.

You know you're Canadian if you still have a stash of Canadian tire money in a tin in your garage.

and finally

You know you're Canadian when you doctor tells you to cut back on the Poutine.

[Kat McCarthy]

When some posts go missing your first thought is 'who will this offend?' and you start thinking for that person because you assume that they wont speak up.

That just happened to me... All is well and the posts are still there. You don't need to add this to the list but I had to type it up because as I was going through the process I was thinking 'Oh, how very Canadian of you.' LOL

[burgerslinger]

Did I miss somebody Kat? I try and add them all and sometimes they're not in proper order I know sorry. Let me know if I screwed up it;s not on purpose truly.

[Kat McCarthy]

LOL No. I am sorry if you thought I was refering to this thread. It was another thread in my other group that some posts when missing... All is well Donna. You are doing a STELLAR job!!