You Know Your Canadian When...

1. You stand in “line-ups” at the movies, not lines.

2. You pronounce the red sauce as ketchup, not ‘cat soup’.

3. You understand the phrase, “Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine.”

4. You eat chocolate bars instead of 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 2-4’s mean “Party at the camp, eh!”

8. You can drink legally while still a ‘teen.

9. You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.

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

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

12. You’re not sure if Clinton has ever had sex and don’t want to know if he has!

13. You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.

14. Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway.

15. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

16. You sit on a couch not a chesterfield.

17. You know what a Robertson screwdriver is.

18. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

19. You know that Thrills are something to chew and taste like soap.

20. You know that Mounties “don’t always look like that.”

21. You dismiss all beers under 6% as for “children and the elderly”.

22. You know that the Friendly Giant isn’t a vegetable product line.

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

24. You participated in “Participaction”.

25. 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”.

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

27. Unlike any international assasin/terrorist/spy in the world, you don’t possess a Canadian passport.

28. You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing u’s from labour, honour and colour.

29. You know the French equivalents of “free”, “prize” and “no sugar added”, thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.

30. You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

31. You make a mental note to talk about it at work/school the next day.

32. You can do all the hand actions to the Sharon, Lois and Bram’s “Skin-a-ma-rinky-doo “ song.

33. You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.

34. You were mad when “The Beachcombers” were taken off the air.

35. You know what a toque is.

36. You have some momento of Doug and Bob.

37. You admit Rich Little is a Canadian and you’re glad Jerry Lewis is not.

38. You know Toronto is not a province.

39. You never miss “Coaches Corner”.

40. Backbacon and Kraft Dinner are two of the food groups.

41. Snow is not “evil”.

42. People around the world think you’re American, then love you when they find out you’re not!.

43. You know that a “fanny pak” is a pouch you wear around your waist.

44. Any day above 10 degrees C is shorts weather.