You Know You’re From Ontario When…
"Vacation" means going to Barrie for the weekend.
You know several people who have hit deer with their cars more than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You use a down comforter in the summer.
You think of the major food groups as deer meat, fish, and berries.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Canadian Tire store at any given time.
Your provincial capital calls in the army to help clean up after a snow storm.
Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump
You, and you, alone decide who will win the federal election
You’re in the only province with hard-core American-style crime
MuchMusic’s Speaker’s Corner - rant and rave on national TV for a dollar
Baseball fans park on your front lawn and pee on the side of your house
You know there’s no such thing as an Ontario Seperatist
Lots of tourists come to Toronto because they mistakenly believe it’s a cool city
You have enough French vocabulary to get by some of the day in Ottawa without them thinking that you’re a completly incapable American.
You find -40C a little chilly.
You voted Liberal in the last election.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Ontario.
I got this in an email, and decided to share it.If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Ontario. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Wawa is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Ontario. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you might live in Ontario. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live in Ontario. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Ontario. If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Ontario. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Ontario. ********************************************************************* YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Ontarian: 1. "Vacation" means going South past London for the weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
6. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
7. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
8. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
9. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a Deer next to your blue spruce.
10. Down South to you means Toronto.
11. Your 1st of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
12. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
13. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
14. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your friends in Ontario
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