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Top 25 Signs you're Canadian..

Posted: 2003-07-05 03:22am
by MKSheppard
From my Granny:

1. You're not offended by the term "HOMO MILK".

2. You understand the phrase "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."

3. You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

4. You drink Pop, not Soda.

5. You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean

6. You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars and no Americans. :mrgreen:

7. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.

8. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

9. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

10. You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.

11. You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

12. You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion & many more, are Canadians.

13. You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!

14. You know what a touque is.

15. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

16. You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee"

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

18. You know that the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road work.

19. You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.

20. You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

21. You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan". (Sas-Kat-chew-wan)

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

23. You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.

24. "Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than,"Huh?"

25. You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all of your Canadian friends!!!! and then you send them to your American friends just to confuse them...further (heehee)

Posted: 2003-07-05 03:29am
by kojikun
Damnit! I will never be canadian at this rate! DAMN YOU!1

Re: Top 25 Signs you're Canadian..

Posted: 2003-07-05 03:36am
by Hethrir
MKSheppard wrote:snippy
I think most of that goes for any commonwealth country.

minor nit pick, Oxford english spells it "tyre"
9. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

Posted: 2003-07-05 03:59am
by neoolong
I don't get number 8. We have highways here.

Posted: 2003-07-05 04:07am
by Zed Snardbody
neoolong wrote:I don't get number 8. We have highways here.
Its a regional thing. Someplaces they're freeways some they're highways.

Posted: 2003-07-05 04:18am
by Gandalf
From a fellow Commonwealth country, I got a few of those.

Re: Top 25 Signs you're Canadian..

Posted: 2003-07-05 04:45am
by Peregrin Toker
MKSheppard wrote:17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages,but requires 6 pages for hockey.
So very Canadian...:mrgreen:

Posted: 2003-07-05 04:52am
by Glocksman
Some of those vary from region to region in the US.


4. You drink Pop, not Soda.
In my area (Southwest Indiana), 'Coke' is used as a generic term for any soft drink. Calling it 'pop' or 'soda' immediately marks you as a non-native.
7. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
That's true around here. The only place I've ever seen 'Pike' used as part of a highway name was in Maryland when I was there back in February.
8. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
True around here as well.

17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages,but requires 6 pages for hockey
Around here, it's basketball. :roll:

Posted: 2003-07-05 04:57am
by Spyder
Gandalf wrote:From a fellow Commonwealth country, I got a few of those.
Viva la Commonwealth!

Posted: 2003-07-05 10:41am
by Montcalm
[Homer]"WOOHOO" "I`m canadian"[Homer] :mrgreen: .

Re: Top 25 Signs you're Canadian..

Posted: 2003-07-05 11:42am
by SyntaxVorlon
MKSheppard wrote: 4. You drink Pop, not Soda.
They do this in Ohio too, this is more of a midwest slash northern thing.
17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages,but requires 6 pages for hockey.
Can't say this for any country in the commonwealth.

Posted: 2003-07-05 12:56pm
by YT300000
Shit! Every single one of those points is true!

Except for 11 and 24. I don't say eh. And I don't give a flying fuck if American shows talk about Canada or not.

Posted: 2003-07-05 02:16pm
by SirNitram
Sadly, most of these apply to West Virginia.

Posted: 2003-07-05 05:03pm
by Drooling Iguana
I'd never brag that Celine Dion is Canadian. She's our country's greatest shame.

Posted: 2003-07-05 05:07pm
by Montcalm
Drooling Iguana wrote:I'd never brag that Celine Dion is Canadian. She's our country's greatest shame.
Stop mentioning her or the Americans may bomb us just to get even. :(

Posted: 2003-07-05 05:26pm
by Rye
Montcalm wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:I'd never brag that Celine Dion is Canadian. She's our country's greatest shame.
Stop mentioning her or the Americans may bomb us just to get even. :(
Well then you can just bomb the Baldwins!

Posted: 2003-07-05 07:59pm
by LadyTevar
SirNitram wrote:Sadly, most of these apply to West Virginia.
**THWAP**

No, they don't. Sorry, Nitram, you sleep on the couch tonight.