Signs that You are a Canadian

Signs you may be a Canadian


• You're not offended by the term "Homo Milk"

• 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 rather than soda

• You know what it means to be on pogey

• You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the cottage, eh!!"

• You don't hold your hand to your breast when you sing the national anthem

• You know that anglophones, francophones and allophones are not electronic devices

• You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba. You just know it's a cheap place to travel to and has good cigars

• 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 the leader of our nation has EVER had sex and don't really 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 a freeway

• You sit on a couch, not a chesterfield - that's some small town in Quebec

• You know what a Robertson screwdriver is

• You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers or car's glove compartment

• You know that Thrills are something to chew on and "taste like soap."

• You know that Mounties "don't always look like that."

• 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 wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet, because you could really use more change. The new coin should have a picture of a musk-ox on it and be the size of a hamburger pattie and have fifteen different kinds of metals in it, including poutine.

• You know that a "Premier" isn't a baby born a few weeks early.

• You design your Hallowe'en 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 snow.