Happy Canada Day!

[YellowRose]

To our Canadian members, here are best wishes for a safe and enjoyable Canada Day as you celebrate 148 years of your history as a nation!

[LuckyJay]

Ditto, eh!

[tbird430]

Here's to our northern friends having a Happy Holiday.... You Might Be Canadian If:

You bring a portable TV on a camping trip so that you don't miss Hockey Night.
You think it's normal to have a grain elevator in your backyard.
You can sing "O' Canada" in French and actually know what the words mean. .
You know more than 3 guys named Gordon. .
You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.
You think -10 C is mild weather.
You know the difference between real snow and "television" snow -- the white stuff that passes for snow on tv and in films.
Someone accidentally stepped on your foot. You apologize.
You stepped on someone's foot. You apologize, then apologize for making them apologize.
You pity people who haven't tasted a "beavertail".
Your Saturday nights in the Atlantic provinces include eating beans and brown bread as you watch Hockey Night in Canada.
You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
You only know three spices: Salt, pepper and ketchup.
You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You live in a house with no front step, but the door is one meter up from the ground.
Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
You know that the four seasons means: winter, still winter, almost winter, and road work/construction.
You know that when it's -10 degrees outside, it's a warm day.
You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."
"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than, "Huh?"
You call it a BUN not a "Roll".
You have more kilometers on your snow blower than your car.
You have 10 favorite recipes for moose meat.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.
You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
You find -40C a little chilly.
The trunk of your car doubles as a freezer.
You can play road hockey on skates.
You’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
You measure distance in hours.You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You can drive 90 kms/hr through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
Your wardrobe is plaid (including hats).
You've ever been "out and about".You have a "good" parka for formal occasions.
You shop exclusively at Canadian Tire for Christmas presents.You have more than twenty dollars in Canadian Tire money.
You still sing the "Great White North" them song with pride "coo-ooh-coocoo-coo-ooh-coocoo".
You always have a mickey of "CC" or "Captain Morgan's Dark" on you.
You consider the theme song of Hockey Night In Canada to be Canada's second official National Anthem.