Neil Waugh
Well-known member
I spotted this on a fly fishin' board. Thought it might come in handy if you're thinking of hooking up the fifth wheel and heading north of the Medicine Line. Just so you don't suffer any culture shock.
Rules on Entering the Province of Alberta
1. Pull your damned droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Let's get this straight; it's called a "gravel road." I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
3. They are cattle & oil wells. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? #1 and #16 go east and west, #6 and #2 go north and south. Pick one & go.
4. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
5. So every person in every pickup waves at you. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of ducks are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
7. Yeah, we eat Beef and Bison. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
8. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held on the closest Saturday to the first of November.
9. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age. Do it.
10. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
11. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and Barbecue Sauce.
12. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be the kind that is brown, wet, and served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck and have long hair.
13. Curling and ice hockey is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
14 . Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish.
15. Colleges? Try our U of A. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at passing pickups when they come for the holidays.
Rules on Entering the Province of Alberta
1. Pull your damned droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Let's get this straight; it's called a "gravel road." I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
3. They are cattle & oil wells. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? #1 and #16 go east and west, #6 and #2 go north and south. Pick one & go.
4. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
5. So every person in every pickup waves at you. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of ducks are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
7. Yeah, we eat Beef and Bison. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
8. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held on the closest Saturday to the first of November.
9. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age. Do it.
10. No, there's no "vegetarian special" on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
11. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and Barbecue Sauce.
12. You bring "coke" into my house, it better be the kind that is brown, wet, and served over ice. You bring "Mary Jane" into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck and have long hair.
13. Curling and ice hockey is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
14 . Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish.
15. Colleges? Try our U of A. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at passing pickups when they come for the holidays.
