In these dark and depressing winter days, sometimes it good to have a little break and make fun of yourself and your fellow countrymen (and women). After all, we Canadians happily live in a climate that goes from +40C in summer to -40C in winter, are addicted to Tim Hortons, think that drinking beer is the national pastime and believe children should be born with ice skates. Obviously we are the sanest humans on the North American continent.
We are inherently polite as a nation. Always saying please and thank you. And always saying sorry..even when we know it's not our fault. It's a wonder we're not all in therapy! Our most treasured artifact is the Stanley Cup, which actually has it's own guard. Yes...there have been several attempts to steal it. In BC, people have been known to light fish called the oolichan, on fire and use them as candles. Talk about fish sticks! In the Yukon, Canadians often drink a liquor with a pickled toe in it. And to be considered a Yukonite, you have to touch the toe....with your lips!!. A city in BC has a giant 60 foot aquatic monster for a mascot...Ogopogo. He has been sighted several times trolling the waters in Lake Okanagan...really! Every year we build a hotel made completely of ice, the Hotel de Glase in Quebec. A great place to chill out! And there's nothing like our $1 and $2 coins to show how loonie, toonie we really are!
But enough of the rambling! you came here for the pix...so on with the show...
Photos courtesy of Rotten Panda
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And here's a little something on how to tell if you live in Canada:
Forget Rednecks...
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canadians, during a recent appearance at Caesars in Windsor :
If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada.
If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada.
If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada.
If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada.
If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada.
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada.
If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada.
If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 95 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada.
If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada.
If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction,
You may live in Canada.
If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada.
If you find -2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada.
That's it ..that's all folks. Please exit left and remember to tip the diarist on your way out.