YOU KNOW YOU'RE CANADIAN 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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