just a little info on us
YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM CANADA WHEN …
You only know three spices - salt, pepper, and ketchup
You design your Hallowe’en costume to fit over a snowsuit
The mosquitoes have landing lights
You have more miles on your snowblower than your car
You have 10 favourite recipes for moose meat
Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at
Christmas
You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter
above the ground
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
You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8
buttons
You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car
The local paper covers National and International headlines on 2 pages,
but requires 6 pages for hockey
At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant
The most effective mosquito repellant is a shotgun
Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof
You think the start of moose season is a national holiday
You head south to go to your cottage
You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won’t prowl
on your deck
You know which leaves make good toilet paper
The major parish fund-raiser isn’t bingo - it’s sausage making
You find -40C a little chilly
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer
You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry, 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
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We are, each of us angels with only one wing;
and we can only fly by
embracing one another