You Might be a Canadian If...

By Teele · Oct 24, 2008 · ·
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  1. You Might be a Canadian If...

    - Your local newspaper covers national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.

    - You perk up when you hear the theme song from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.

    - You know what a tuque is.

    - You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.

    - Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway.

    - You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

    - You sit on a chesterfield not a couch - that's some small town in Quebec!

    - You know what a Robertson screwdriver is.

    - You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

    - You know Toronto is not a province.

    - You understand the phrase, 'Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine, on the chesterfield.'

    - You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.

    - You drink pop, not soda.

    - If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May you may live in Canada.

    - If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Canada.

    - If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Canada

    - If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialled a wrong number, you may live in Canada

    - If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Muncie for the weekend you may live in Canada.

    - If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Canada

    - If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Canada

    - If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you may live in Canada

    - If you can drive 90 kms/hr through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may live in Canada

    - If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Canada

    - If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Canada

    - If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Canada

    - If the speed limit on the highway is 80km — you're going 90 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Canada

    - If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Canada

    - If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Canada

    - If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live in Canada.

    - If you find 2 degrees "a little chilly", you may live in Canada

    - If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your Canadian friends & others, you definitely live in Canada

    - 'Eh?' is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite then 'Huh?'.

    By[FONT=Lucida Handwriting,Cursive][FONT=Lucida Handwriting, Cursive] Tami L. Lendvoy[/FONT][/FONT]
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Comments

  1. soujiroseta
    also if you say "aboot":D
  2. Crazy Ivan
    I've been e-mailed most of this list several times, except with Minnesota instead of Canada.
  3. Teele
    LOL! I found that the further east you go, the worse this tendency gets. :D
  4. K~la
    LOL That's great.
  5. Zcreative
    That's hilarious, and obviously I'm not Canadian, because I have no idea what a chesterfield is lol.
  6. Teele
    LOL! Y'know, its funny, I know what the chesterfield is supposed to be, but I have yet to hear it called that; even by a Canadian. Maybe its more common usage out east... -shrug-
  7. sweetchaos
    HAHA. I love these. Especially the one about wearing a parka and shorts, and the little bit chill at 2 degrees.

    I have never heard anyone pronounce it 'aboot', everyone always says it properly: A-bow-t

    And I've only ever heard grandparents say chesterfield.

    Anyway, great list!
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