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WAYS TO KNOW YOU'RE A CANADIAN (???)

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OldDog/NewTricks

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I just got this!

WAYS TO KNOW YOU'RE A CANADIAN

* You stand in "line-ups" at the movie, not lines.
* You understand the phrase, "Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine."
* You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.
* You drink pop, not soda.
* You know what it means to be on pogey.
* You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the camp, eh!!"
* You can drink legally while still a 'teen.
* When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it.
* 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 couch, not a chesterfield - that is some small town in Quebec!
* You know what a Robertson screwdriver is.
* You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
* You know that Thrills are something to chew and "taste like soap".
* You know that Mounties "don't always look like that"
* You dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly".
* You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
* You participated in "Participaction".
* You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing u's from labor, honor, and color.
* You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize" and "no sugar added", thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.
* You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
* You make a mental note to talk about it at work the next day.
* You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo" opus.
* You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.
* You know what a toque is.
* You have some memento of Doug and Bob.
* You know Toronto is not a province.
* You never miss "Coaches Corner".
* Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favourite food groups.
 
Here's a few more to add to the list......



SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF ?
1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers butt
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts butt
11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington.

12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.
13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone. anywhere. EVER.
14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and it lasted a little over a half hour.
15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught.
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.
21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.
23. A Canadian invented Superman.
24. We have coloured money.
25. Our beer advertisments kick butt

26. Coffee Crisp

27. We don't bomb our allies

28. Our elections only take one day

29. We invented zambonis

BUT MOST IMPORTANT:


30. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.


I A M CA NA DI AN !! !

Pass this on if you're proud to be Canadian !
 
* You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the camp, eh!!"
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I understood that one-- must have spent too much time in Canada back during my youth-eh !!!
 
Mrs.Greg said:
Loved each and every one and UNDERSTOOD each and every one....Damn proud of it too :!: :)
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Yep, me too!

I don't know about Canadian kids though.
I worked with a 19 year old girl about a month ago. She was born and raised not far from Vancouver, she did not have a clue what Banff National Park was nor where it was. She never heard of it before!! :shock: :o :o :shock: :roll: :roll: I even had to spell the name for her ?? :lol: :roll: . She was raised not even 12 hours away from it. Even though she was dumb as a stick anyways,
what are they teaching/or not in schools these days??
Is Banff no longer a world known travel destination?
 
:D :D :D :D :D

Those are good! Brought back good memories. Stuff like being 18, and carrying a two four on a toboggan to a kitchen party with mitts on that matched my toque. Also, being four years old and standing with my tongue stuck to the handle on the front door. I can still remember being stuck there and praying my Mom wouldn't open the door to come and save me. :shock: :D :D :D She went out the back door, thank goodness. 8)

You also know you're a Canadian if:

you know what idiot strings are
you know that when you hear "DA DA DADA DADA DADADA" means hockey is coming on TV and it's Saturday night. :D :D :D :D
 

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