just to add to all the threads like this … (copied it right off of my website … )
… you stand in line-ups at the movies not lines
… you are not offended by the term “Homo Milk”
… you understand the sentence “Can you pass the serviette?? I just spilled my poutine.”
… you eat chocolate bars NOT candy bars
… you drink pop NOT soda
… you know that a mickey and two-fours mean "Party at the camp, eh ?? "
… when theres a social problem you turn to your government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it
… you can get milk in bags as well as in cartons and plastic jugs
… pike is a type of fish not some part of highway
… you travel on highways not freeways
… you have Canadian Tire money in your drawers
… you know that mounties dont always look like that
… you dismiss all beers under 6% as “for the children or elderly”
… you use your red pen on your non-canadian text books to fill in the missing u’s from colour, humour, labour, honour …
… you can do all the hand actions to "Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo … "
… you can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling sick
… you know what a toque is
… you know that Toronto is not a province
… you never miss Coach’s Corner
… you design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit
… you know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced ZED
… your local newspaper takes two pages to cover national news but spends six pages on hockey
… you know the four seasons of the year: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction
… you know that 25 degrees outside means that its a warm day
… you understand the Labatt Blue commercials
… you know how to pronounce and spell Saskatchewan
… you are in grade 12 NOT 12th grade
… you use a tennis ball for road hockey than you do for tennis
… you know that “Real Beer” is neither a company or from the States
… you dont think its hypocritical to measure distance in kilometers and weight in pounds
… driving an hour to go to a restaurant isnt unusual
… driving is better in the winter because then the potholes are filled with snow
… the municipality buys a zamboni before a bus
… you know only three spices … salt pepper and ketchup
… Canadian Tire stores are busier on any Saturday than a toy store around Christmas
… you know which leaves make good toilet paper
… you can play road hockey on skates
… you attend a formal event in your finest clothes, nicest jewelry, and boots
… you wonder why there isnt a 5 dollar coin yet
… you think Ed the Sock is hilarious
… you watch MuchMusic not MTV
… you can sing O Canada! in French and know what the words actually mean
… you have been on Speaker’s Corner
… you have twins named Donavon and Bailey
…“Eh” is a more important part of you vocabulary and is more polite than “Huh?”
… you know that a francophone is not an electronical device
… you live in a house with no front step but is a metre off the ground
… you only know the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the hockey games that you have seen on TV
… you say sorry not Saw-ry
… you believe that Smarties are better than M&Ms … and you can taste the difference
… when the Molson Canadian ad is one of your favourite ads (http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/therant/rant.html)
