You know you're Canadian if...

You know you're Canadian if :

You stand in "line-ups" or "queues" (in Victoria, BC) at the movie, not lines.

You're not offended by the term, "Homo Milk".

You understand the sentence, "Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my BOWL OF POUTINE" !

You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.

You drink pop, not soda.

You had a Prime Minister who wasn't fluent in either of the official languages (English & French).

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 in some provinces.

You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.

You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba, it's just a cheap place to travel with very good cigars (and no Americans!).

When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix it, instead of telling them to stay out of it.

You're not sure if the leader of your nation has EVER had sex and you don't WANT to know if he has!

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 know what a Robertson screwdriver is.

You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

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 the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line.

You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.

You drive with your headlights on during the day (since 1989, all new cars have been fitted with "daytime running lights").

You participated in "Participaction."

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."

You wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.

You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing 'u's from labor, honor, color. etc.

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 were mad at the CBC when "The Beachcombers" were taken off the air.

You know what a toque is and you own one and often wear it.

You have some cherished momento of Bob and Doug McKenzie.

You know Toronto is NOT a province.

You never miss "Coach's Corner" during Hockey Night in Canada.

Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favourite food groups.

If you live in some of the colder Canadian provinces, your car has a cord and plug sticking out of the grill.

You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with frozen snow and slush.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.

You head South to go to your cottage.

You find -40C a little chilly.

The trunk of your car doubles as a portable deep freeze.

You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewellery and your Sorels.

You can play road hockey on skates.

You know 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.

The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.

You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

You perk-up when you hear the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada".

You pronounce the last letter of the alphabet "zed" instead of "zee."

and ... You end some sentences with "eh," ... eh? (See above for more "Eh" sayings).

[padi56]

Very good John and do you spell words probably in Canada,or like the
Yanks. Example, realize,authorized,legalize and words like offenses
Where the Z come from god only knows, its a bloody S not a Z America. Its offences,and not offenses America, its English not bloody Yanklish.

Originally Posted by padi56

Very good John and do you spell words probably in Canada,or like the
Yanks. Example, realize,authorized,legalize and words like offenses
Where the Z come from god only knows, its a bloody S not a Z America. Its offences,and not offenses America, its English not bloody Yanklish.

Yes, and words like practise and practice, too.

I had a grade 7 science teacher would would take marks off if you used americanized spelling. That beat it into us...

Now Canadians second fave passion (after hockey) is laughing at our computers when the spell check tells us we've wronged when it is 'properly' spelled.

[padi56]

Thats my pet hate as well, another one, I resemble that remark, WTF
is that all about.English is so easy "I resent that remark!" now that
even sounds right,come on you Yanks get it right.

[JJ Irani]

And the other one which makes me laugh is..."My bad!!" WTF is that??

[padi56]

Think the list is endless JJ,but I suppose the Yanks gave us Coco-Cola
and chewing gum.

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

And the other one which makes me laugh is..."My bad!!" WTF is that??

That is most of your posts, JJ.

John, great post, eh!!