Saturday, February 17, 2007

25 Signs Showing You Might Be Canadian

1. You're not offended by the term 'HOMO MILK'.
2. You understand the phrase 'Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine on the chesterfield. '
3. You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
4. You drink Pop, not Soda.
5. You know that a Mickey and 24's mean, 'party at the camp, eh !!!'
6. You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.
7. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
8. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
9. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
10. You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.
11. You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
12. You brag to Americans that; Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion,
Mike Myers, Alex Trebek and Nellie Furtado are Canadians.
13. You know that the C.E.O. Of American Airlines is a Canadian!
14. You know what a toque is.
15. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
16. You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced 'Zed'.
17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
18. You know that the four seasons mean: almost Winter, Spring, Summer, and Road Work.
19. You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.
20. You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.
21. You know how to pronounce and spell 'Saskatchewan'.
22. You perk up when you hear the theme song from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.
23. You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
24. 'Eh ?' is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than, 'Huh?'
25. You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all of your Canadian friends!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Haha...love the list!! We just had a big conversation the other day at work, trying to explain the meanings of a chesterfield, sofa, couch, daybed, futon, and hidabed to a girl from Texas.

Here is another one, and I honestly don't know if it is a USA thing or just a Texas thing, but when you say Thank You to someone, instead of them saying You Are Welcome, in Texas they respond with Uh Huh. It drives me nuts!

We also had lots of fun explaining how to pronounce & spell all the local city names in New Brunswick when one of the Texas girls first moved to Saint John. Like, Bouctouche, Miramichi, Nackawic, Petitcodiac, Resrigouche, etc.

It is a two way street though. I didn't know what a "feeder" was (besides a bird feeder) until I went to Texas.

Lesley said...

So, is a 'feeder' a bird feeded? I think the Uh huh thing would bother me too!

Anonymous said...

I don't really think that it is a American thing the whole Un Huh after someone says Thank you bacause Eddie says it all the time and yes it does tick me off.
Alli

Alberta said...

Did ya know...Alex Trebek ahs taken his American citizenship? Do you know that one of his passions is to repair sprinkler systems...in his old torn knees out jeans!

Your Dad throws that at me everytime I want to pitch his old jeans that have been patched and the patches now need patches!