You know you're Canadian when...
You eat maple syrup like it's sugar.
You go down south people ask you if you sleep in igloos or ride dogsleds to work/school.
You keep Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
Everything is labelled in English and French.
"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary and more polite than, "Huh?"
You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."
You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee".
You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
You understand the Labatt Blue and Molson Canadian commercials.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper (and you know it's not poison ivy).
You find -40C a little chilly.
You know hockey was truly born here.
There's a Tim Horton's at all American/Canada borders... on the Canadian side.
You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize" and "no sugar added", thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.
You can do the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-marinki-dinki-do".
You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.
You know that a "Premier" isn't a baby born a few months early.
You think -10 C is mild weather.
You know the ingredients for poutine.
You know that the 'Extra Creamy' in Kraft Extra Creamy Dinner is 'add more milk.'
You die a little inside if you can't get your Tim's double-double every morning.
Someone accidently stepped on your foot. You apologize.
You pity people who haven't tasted a "beavertail".
You can complete the phrase: "The good old ____ game is the best ____ you can ____."
You find it difficult to explain "milk in a bag" to non-Canadians, and even more difficult to describe the "snippy-thing" used on bag corners.
You know what the four seasons means: winter, still winter, almost winter, and road work/construction.
You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan"
You've ever had your tongue frozen to something.
You have more kilometers on your snow blower than your car.
You head south to go to your cottage.
You can play road hockey on skates.
You automatically read 'Z' as 'Zed' and don't give a damn that it doesn't rhyme with "now I know my abcs".
You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean.
You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.
You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway
You drive on a highway, not a freeway
You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!
You know what a touque is.
You were/are in grade twelve not twelfth grade.
You actually get these jokes.
The feeling of snow on your bare feet is comforting.
You work in a hockey arena.
You can drive 80 km through a snow drift in the middle of a blizzard without flinching!
You have worn a parka and shorts at the same time.
You know what a parka is.
After skating on a local rink, you can skate all the way to your front door because of the mass amounts of snow and ice on roads.
Someone calls your house and it’s the wrong number, YOU apologize for NOT being the person they ask for.
We can bring duotangs to school because we have them.
You get mad at the people on American television for complaining its -1 outside.
You laugh when Americans think Canada is overseas.
You measure distance in hours
You are proud to pour ketchup on anything.
You are hosting the 2010 OLYMPICS in Vancouver!
You have to fly to the airport to fly out of the country.
You know what beavertails are REALLY made of.
You know how to spell FAVOURITE, COLOUR...etc.
You start to watch a show because there is a Canadian actor in it.
You HONOUR your country with proper spelling.
You say poutine the right way.
You know that snowshoes aren't tenis rackets.
