Guest guest Posted January 27, 2000 Report Share Posted January 27, 2000 And here in South Australia it's been 42 degrees celsius or more for over ten days now Chris. >A true Canadian!! With the wind chill today it is minus 35. Not good for your arthritis. Now that is getting a little too cool, eh! > >Bev > > > > > Subject: FW: You know you're Canadian if... > > > > 1) You've frozen your tongue to something metal and lived to tell about it. > 2) You are not offended by the term " Homo Milk " . > 3) You understand the sentence " Please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine " . > 4) You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars. > 5) You drink pop, not soda. > 6) You know what it means to be on Pogey. > 7) You know that a Mickey and 2-2x4's means a " Party at the camp, Eh? " > 8) You can drink legally while still a teen. > 9) You talk about the weather with friends and strangers alike. > 10) You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba > - it's just a place with good cigars and no Americans. > 11) When there is a social problem, you ask the Government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it. > 12)You don't know who the nation's leader has EVER had sex with, and you'd like to keep it that way. > 13) You can get milk in bags, cartons, and plastic jugs. > 14) Pike is a FISH, not a highway. > 15) You know what a on screwdriver is. > 16) You drive on a highway, not a freeway. > 17) You have Canadian Tire money in a kitchen drawer. > 18) You know that Thrills are something to chew that taste like soap. > 19) You know that Mounties " don't always look like that " . > 20) You dismiss all beer under 6% as for children and the elderly. > 21)You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line. > 22) You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group. > 23) You participated in " Participaction " . > 24) You wonder why there isn't a $5 coin yet. > 25) Unlike any international terrorist/spy/assasin, most people don't have a Canadian passport. > 26) You use a red pen on all Non-Canadian books to fill in the missing " u's " > from the words labor, honor, and color. > 27) You know the French equivalents for the words " free " , " prize " , and " game " thanks to your extensive education in cereal packaging. > 28) You are excited whenever an American TV show mentions Canada. > 29) You tell everyone at work about it the next day. > 30) You can do all of the hand actions to Sharon, Lois, and Bram's song " Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo " . > 31) You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without getting sick. > 32) You know what a Toque is. > 33) You have some momento of Bob and Doug, and have sung the song " Koo-roo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo " at least once in your life. > 34) You know that Toronto is not a Province. > 25) Back Bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorite food groups. > > > And Now, some of the things that are COOL about Canada: > > 1) Crispy Crunch Chocolate bars. > 2) Smarties Candies. > 3) The size of Canadian footballs, football fields, and one less down. > 4) Lacrosse is Canadian. > 5) Hockey is Canadian. > 6) Basketball is Canadian. > 7) The biggest flags ever seen at the Olympic closing ceremonies were Canadian (twice ... and the second one was smuggled in due to a rule made because of the first one). > 8) Mr. Dressup could kick Mr. 's ass ! > 9) Way better beer commercials/contests. Molsons is throwing a beer bash at a cabin in the Rockies, and someone gets to keep the cabin. > 10) Much Music kicks MTV's ass ! > 11) Tim Horton's kicks Dunkin Donuuts ass ! > 12) Maple Syrup kicks Mrs. Butterworth's ass ! > (Aunt Jemima we're not sure) > 13) In the war of 1812, we burned the White House and most of Washington. > 14) Canada has the largest French population in the world that never surrendered to Germany. > 15) Our " Civil War " was led by a Drunken, Insane Lyon McKenzie. > 16) Our civil war was really a bar fight that lasted about a half-hour. > 18) The only person arrested and hanged after our civil war was an American mercenary who slept in and missed the whole thing - he showed up just in time to get caught - Louis Riel. > 19) The Hudson Bay company once owned 1/11th of the Earth's surface. > 20) The average dog sled team can kill and devour a man in under 3 min. > 21) We don't have much of a taste for powdered bear testicles, but we know who does, and we're willing to sell 'em. > 22) We still know what to do with all of the parts of a Buffalo. > 23) We don't marry our kinfolk. > 24) We invented snowmobiles, jet skis, velcro, zippers, zambonies, and the handles on cardboard beer cases. > 25) We can hum the theme to " Definition " . > 26) We know that any scale that says water freezes at 32 and boils at 212 is just stupid. > 27) We wear socks with our sandals. > 28) We can out-drink Americans. > 29) Zero degrees Celcius is T-Shirt weather. > 30) Minus 20 degrees Celcius just keeps the mosquitos down - minus 45 with a wind blowin' - now that's gettin' cool out, Eh ? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Please click above to support our sponsor > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >------=_NextPart_000_0068_01BF68A0.DB25B200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2000 Report Share Posted January 27, 2000 Please blow some of that wonderful warm air up this way! Bev > > And here in South Australia it's been 42 degrees celsius or more for over ten > days now > > Chris. > > >A true Canadian!! With the wind chill today it is minus 35. Not good for > your arthritis. Now that is getting a little too cool, eh! > > > >Bev > > > > > > > > > > Subject: FW: You know you're Canadian if... > > > > > > > > 1) You've frozen your tongue to something metal and lived to tell about it. > > > 2) You are not offended by the term " Homo Milk " . > > 3) You understand the sentence " Please pass me a serviette, I just spilled > my poutine " . > > 4) You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars. > > 5) You drink pop, not soda. > > 6) You know what it means to be on Pogey. > > 7) You know that a Mickey and 2-2x4's means a " Party at the camp, Eh? " > > 8) You can drink legally while still a teen. > > 9) You talk about the weather with friends and strangers alike. > > 10) You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba > > - it's just a place with good cigars and no Americans. > > 11) When there is a social problem, you ask the Government to fix it instead > of telling them to stay out of it. > > 12)You don't know who the nation's leader has EVER had sex with, and you'd > like to keep it that way. > > 13) You can get milk in bags, cartons, and plastic jugs. > > 14) Pike is a FISH, not a highway. > > 15) You know what a on screwdriver is. > > 16) You drive on a highway, not a freeway. > > 17) You have Canadian Tire money in a kitchen drawer. > > 18) You know that Thrills are something to chew that taste like soap. > > 19) You know that Mounties " don't always look like that " . > > 20) You dismiss all beer under 6% as for children and the elderly. > > 21)You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line. > > 22) You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group. > > 23) You participated in " Participaction " . > > 24) You wonder why there isn't a $5 coin yet. > > 25) Unlike any international terrorist/spy/assasin, most people don't have > a Canadian passport. > > 26) You use a red pen on all Non-Canadian books to fill in the missing " u's " > > > from the words labor, honor, and color. > > 27) You know the French equivalents for the words " free " , " prize " , and " game " > thanks to your extensive education in cereal packaging. > > 28) You are excited whenever an American TV show mentions Canada. > > 29) You tell everyone at work about it the next day. > > 30) You can do all of the hand actions to Sharon, Lois, and Bram's song " Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo " . > > > 31) You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without getting sick. > > 32) You know what a Toque is. > > 33) You have some momento of Bob and Doug, and have sung the song " Koo-roo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo " > at least once in your life. > > 34) You know that Toronto is not a Province. > > 25) Back Bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorite food groups. > > > > > > And Now, some of the things that are COOL about Canada: > > > > 1) Crispy Crunch Chocolate bars. > > 2) Smarties Candies. > > 3) The size of Canadian footballs, football fields, and one less down. > > 4) Lacrosse is Canadian. > > 5) Hockey is Canadian. > > 6) Basketball is Canadian. > > 7) The biggest flags ever seen at the Olympic closing ceremonies were Canadian > (twice ... and the second one was smuggled in due to a rule made because of > the first one). > > 8) Mr. Dressup could kick Mr. 's ass ! > > 9) Way better beer commercials/contests. Molsons is throwing a beer bash > at a cabin in the Rockies, and someone gets to keep the cabin. > > 10) Much Music kicks MTV's ass ! > > 11) Tim Horton's kicks Dunkin Donuuts ass ! > > 12) Maple Syrup kicks Mrs. Butterworth's ass ! > > (Aunt Jemima we're not sure) > > 13) In the war of 1812, we burned the White House and most of Washington. > > > 14) Canada has the largest French population in the world that never surrendered > to Germany. > > 15) Our " Civil War " was led by a Drunken, Insane Lyon McKenzie. > > 16) Our civil war was really a bar fight that lasted about a half-hour. > > 18) The only person arrested and hanged after our civil war was an American > mercenary who slept in and missed the whole thing - he showed up just in time > to get caught - Louis Riel. > > 19) The Hudson Bay company once owned 1/11th of the Earth's surface. > > 20) The average dog sled team can kill and devour a man in under 3 min. > > 21) We don't have much of a taste for powdered bear testicles, but we know > who does, and we're willing to sell 'em. > > 22) We still know what to do with all of the parts of a Buffalo. > > 23) We don't marry our kinfolk. > > 24) We invented snowmobiles, jet skis, velcro, zippers, zambonies, and the > handles on cardboard beer cases. > > 25) We can hum the theme to " Definition " . > > 26) We know that any scale that says water freezes at 32 and boils at 212 > is just stupid. > > 27) We wear socks with our sandals. > > 28) We can out-drink Americans. > > 29) Zero degrees Celcius is T-Shirt weather. > > 30) Minus 20 degrees Celcius just keeps the mosquitos down - minus 45 with > a wind blowin' - now that's gettin' cool out, Eh ? > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > > > > > Please click above to support our sponsor > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > > > > > > >------=_NextPart_000_0068_01BF68A0.DB25B200 > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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