40 SIGNS YOU MAY BE CANADIAN
You stand in "line-ups" at the movies, not lines.
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, not soda.
You know what it means to be on pogey.
You know that a mickey and a 2-4 mean,
"Party at the camp, eh!!!"
You can drink legally while still a teen.
You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.
You don't know or care about the fuss in Cuba,
it's just a cheap place to travel with good cigars and no Americans.
When there is a social problem you turn to you government,
to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it.
You're not sure if the leader of you nation,
has EVER had sex and 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 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 the Friendly Giant
isn't a vegetable product line.
You know that Casey and Finnegan
are not a Celtic Music group.
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.
Unlike any international assassin/terrorist/spy in the world,
you don't possess a Canadian passport.
You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks,
to 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 mental a 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 were mad when "The Beachcombers"
were taken off the air.
You know what a toque is.
You have some memento of Doug and Bob.
You admit Rich Little is Canadian,
and your glad Jerry Lewis is not.
You know Toronto is not a province.
You never miss "Coaches Corner".
Wienners and Kraft Dinner
are two of your favorite food groups.
~~Original Author Unknown~~
~~Recreated by: De Anna CM Boyce~~
~~With additions~~
~~Page Created by: De Anna CM Boyce~~
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