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    You know you're from Canada when ...


    You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.

    You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

    The mosquitoes have landing lights.

    You have more kilometres on your snow blower than your car.

    You have 10 favorite 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 metre above 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 repellent is a shotgun.

    Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.

    You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.

    You head south to go to your cottage.

    You frequently clean grease off your barbecue 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 freeze.

    You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your Sorrels.

    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.

    You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

    You perk up when you hear the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada".
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    True fact: International Joke Day and Canada Day are both July 1.

    Coincidence?
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    ABM, bank machine: a common term for an automated teller machine. Short for automated bank machine.

    bachelor: bachelor apartment ("They have a bachelor for rent").

    Bytown: the original name of Ottawa before its designation as national capital, often still used in the same context as Hogtown for Toronto or Cowtown for Calgary.

    Chinook: a warm, dry wind experienced along the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.

    dayliner: a Budd Rail Diesel Car, a self-propelled diesel passenger railcar on the former British Columbia Railway

    fire hall: fire station, firehouse

    fishfly: mayfly

    garburator: a garbage disposal unit located beneath the drain of a kitchen sink.

    homo milk: homogenized milk, particularly with a fat content greater than 2%

    humidex: measurement used by meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and humidity.

    joe job: a low-class, low-paying job.

    Kraft Dinner: Kraft macaroni and cheese. Sometimes called "Krap Dinner" or "KD".

    loonie: Canadian one dollar coin. Derived from the use of the loon on the reverse.

    parkade: a parking garage, especially in the West.

    pencil crayon: coloured pencil.

    pickerel: This is a slang word for walleye.

    rad: Short for radiator in a car or home heating, but pronounced like the first sylable of 'radical'.

    runners: running shoes, sneakers, especially in Central Canada.

    serviette: a small square of cloth or paper used while eating, a napkin.
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    Why does milk come in a bag?
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    Detroit malls hand cross-border shoppers US$20

    Nov 22, 2007 04:16 PM

    THE CANADIAN PRESS

    WINDSOR - The chairman of the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association is not happy with a cross-border shopping promotion.

    Tomorrow, anyone heading into the U.S. at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel will receive a $20 gift card that can be used at four Detroit shopping malls.

    The day after American Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season south of the border with door-crasher deals and big sales.

    It's dubbed "Black Friday" because the day is traditionally when stores became profitable.

    The business improvement association chairman Larry Horwitz says Canadians need to resist the urge and shop locally.

    He says he thinks the city of Detroit should intervene and stop the promotion.
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    Found this interesting
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    That's funny !
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    Cool?
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    What does the gay Canadian call his American boyfriend?











    Eh-hole
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    Rhymes with Eh.

    How do socialists get health care in the US?
    They drive south.
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    A Canadian line of Campbell's soups has activists stewing over Islamic connection



    Blogger Pamela Geller is pushing the boycott, she says, because she opposes the company's decision to have its products certified by the Islamic Society of North America, an organization that prosecutors alleged had ties to Hamas.
    Blogger Pamela Geller is pushing the boycott, she says, because she opposes the company's decision to have its products certified by the Islamic Society of North America, an organization that prosecutors alleged had ties to Hamas. (Courtesy of Pamela Geller)

    By Paul Farhi
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    Monday, October 18, 2010

    Andy Warhol found artistic inspiration in a can of Campbell's tomato soup. These days, some activists are finding sinister Muslim connections in the same can.
    This Story


    Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products after its Canadian subsidiary rolled out a line of soups certified as halal, meaning they're prepared according to Islamic dietary laws.

    Campbell Co. of Canada introduced the soups in a few Canadian markets in January, although American bloggers didn't catch up to the news until earlier this month.

    That's when the tempest in a tomato-soup can started.

    Blogger Pamela Geller began calling for a boycott earlier this month via her widely read site, Atlas Shrugs. Other bloggers soon joined in.

    The halal soups, designated with a special label, are available only in Canada. The company has no plans to offer a similar line in the United States, said John Faulkner, a company spokesman.

    In an interview, Geller, who was instrumental in whipping up opposition to an Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, said she has no objection to the halal certification itself. Rather, she said, she opposes Campbell's decision to have its Canadian products certified by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), an organization that government prosecutors alleged had ties to the terrorist group Hamas in a 2007 conspiracy case.

    "No one is suggesting they refrain from this line," Geller said. "No one is suggesting they not have halal food. I'm not against halal food any more than I'm against kosher food. My issue is who's doing the certifying."

    ISNA, an organization based in Plainfield, Ind., was designated an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the prosecution of a charitable organization that funneled money to Hamas, the Islamist organization that rules the Gaza Strip. Hamas has been named a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.
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    Critics like Geller also allege that ISNA has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist political movement founded in Egypt in the 1920s. The State Department does not include the Brotherhood on its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

    ISNA has denied any ties to Hamas or to officials of a defunct charity called Holy Land Foundation, who were convicted in the conspiracy case. It has specifically condemned religious extremism and violence. In the wake of the conspiracy trial, Jewish and Protestant organizations issued statements in support of ISNA. A spokesperson for the group was unavailable for comment.

    In its ads for the halal soups, Campbell calls ISNA "the largest nonprofit, religious, educational, and non-political Islamic organization in North America." Campbell investigated ISNA's background and found "no issues of concern," according to Faulkner.

    The group was referred to Campbell by a Canadian trade organization whose member companies have used ISNA for their halal certification for years. "We point out to the people supporting this [boycott] that they are a very legitimate entity," Faulkner said. "We feel very comfortable working with them."

    As a historical footnote, he noted that Campbell set up a tent at the World Trade Center site immediately after the attacks in 2001 and offered free soup and other food to rescue workers and the news media for two weeks.

    The alleged links between ISNA and the Islamist groups appear to be lost on a Facebook page promoting the Campbell boycott. The Facebook page simply urges consumers to "Boycott Campbell Soup for their certification of their products as halal and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood."

    Since its introduction on Oct. 5, the page has attracted nearly 3,500 "friends," many of whom have posted anti-Muslim comments and articles unrelated to the boycott. The postings range from aggressive to hostile. "No to Campbell," reads one of the tamer comments. "They cater to Muslims."

    Faulkner said Campbell hasn't noticed any effect on its sales since the boycott began.
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    Hee Hee !
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    So, you are Randy Quaid. Things haven't gone really well lately and you think to yourself: Where can I go and fit in better?
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    I saw that, what a tool.
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    I didn't, holy weird batman!


    Randy Quaid, Wife Seek Asylum in Canada, Saying They Fear for Their Lives
    Oscar-Nominated Actor and Wife Claim Hollywood Cult Will Kill Them

    The exploits of Oscar-nominated actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have taken a turn that's bizarre even by Hollywood standards as the couple seek asylum in Canada, claiming they fear for their lives.
    The increasingly eccentric duo, who are wanted in California for allegedly skipping out on a hefty hotel bill and for vandalizing a house they once owned, fled north of the border earlier this month and are now claiming they are targets of a mysterious clan that they believe murdered actors Heath Ledger and David Carradine. (Ledger died of a drug overdose in 2008 and Carradine was found dead, apparently from accidental asphyxiation, last year.)

    "Hollywood is murdering its movie stars," Evi Quaid said in Vancouver last week. She and Randy Quaid had been released on $10,000 bail following their arrest in Vancouver on outstanding warrants from California.
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    Here's a list of some Canadian laws.

    In New Brunswick, driving on dirt roads is not allowed.

    It is illegal to leave your horse in front of the Country Squire without hitching it securely to the hitching post.

    In British Columbia, it is illegal to kill a big foot/sasquatch.

    It’s illegal to climb trees.

    In Toronto, it is illegal to drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.

    If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

    The cities of Montreal and Guelph are classified as no-pee and no-spit zones.
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