Signs You May Be A Canadian
- 1. You stand in "line-ups" at the movies, not lines.
- 2. You pronounce the red sauce as ketchup, not 'cat sup'.
- 3. You understand the phrase, "Could you please pass me a serviette,
I just spilled my poutine."
- 4. You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.
- 5. You drink pop, not soda.
- 6. You know what it means to be on pogey.
- 7. You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the camp, eh!"
- 8. You can drink legally while still a 'teen.
- 9. You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.
- 10. You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba, it's just a cheap
place to travel to and has good cigars.
- 11. When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix
it instead of telling them to stay out of it.
- 12. You're not sure if the leader of our nation has ever had sex and don't
want to know if he has!
- 13. You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
- 14. Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway.
- 15. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
- 16.You sit on a couch not a chesterfield.
- 17.You know what a Robertson screwdriver is.
- 18.You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
- 19. You know that Thrills are something to chew and taste like soap.
- 20. You know that Mounties "don't always look like that."
- 21. You dismiss all beers under 6% as for "children and the elderly".
- 22. You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line.
- 23. You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
- 24. You participated in "Participaction".
- 25. You have an Inuit carving by your bedside with the rationale "What's good
enough protection for the Prime Minister is good enough for me".
- 26. You wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.
- 27. Unlike any international assasin/terrorist/spy in the world, you don't possess
a Canadian passport.
- 28. You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing
u's from labor, honor and color.
- 29. You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize" and "no sugar added",
thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.
- 30. You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
- 31. You make a mental note to talk about it at work the next day.
- 32. You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's
"Skin-a-ma-rinky-doo " opus.
- 33. You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.
- 34. You were mad when "The Beachcombers" were taken off the air.
- 35. You know what a toque is.
- 36. You have some momento of Doug and Bob.
- 37. You admit Rich Little is a Canadian and you're glad Jerry Lewis is not.
- 38. You know Toronto is not a province.
- 39. You never miss "Coaches Corner".
- 40. Backbacon and Kraft Dinner are two of the food groups.
- 41. Snow is not "evil".
- 42. People around the world think you're American, then love you when
they find out you're not!.
- 43.You know that a "fanny pak" is a pouch you wear around your waist.
- 44. Any day above 10 degrees C is shorts weather.
