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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian,eh?
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 11:15:44 -0400

Ian-
Reading your last post, eh?... I am beginning to wonder, eh?... I knew what
you were talking about!
Am I watching too much Trio and CBC/NWI on the satellite? , Can you figure
it, eh?
Dan
p.s.- Pamela! I didn't watch "The Video"- Honest, I didn't! Pinky-swear!....


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Stanley <stanley@loxinfo.co.th>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:42 PM
Subject: [Leica] Canadian,eh?


> Greetings all,
>
> Sorry to continue with this off topic stuff but this message just came in
> from a friend of mine in Canada.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
> >You may be Canadian if:
> >
> >1.      You pronounce the red sauce as ketchup, not 'cat soup'.
> >2.      You dismiss all beers under 6% as for "children and the
> >elderly".
> >3.      You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line.
> >4.      You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group.
> >5.      You participated in "Participaction".
> >6.      You have an Inuit carving by your bedside with the rationale
> >"What's good enough protection for the Prime Minister is good enough for
> >me".
> >7.      You wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet.
> >8.      Unlike any international assassin/terrorist/spy in the world,
> >you
> >don't possess a Canadian passport.
> >9.      You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the
> >missing u's from labor, honor and color.
> >10.     You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize" and "no sugar
> >added",  thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal
> >packaging.
> >11.     You are excited whenever an American television show mentions
> >Canada.
> >12.     You make a mental note to talk about it at work the next day.
> >13.     You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's
> >"Skin-a-ma-rinky-doo " opus.
> >14.     You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling
> >nauseous.
> >15.     You were mad when "The Beachcombers" were taken off the air.
> >16.     You know what a toque is.
> >17.     You have some momento of Doug and Bob.
> >18.     You admit Rich Little is a Canadian and you're glad Jerry Lewis
> >is
> >not.
> >19.     You know Toronto is not a province.
> >20.     You never miss "Coaches Corner".
> >21.     Backbacon and Kraft Dinner are two of the food groups.
> >22.     Snow is not "evil".
> >23.     People around the world think you're American, then love you
> >when
> >they  find out you're not!.
> >24.     You know that a "fanny pak" is a pouch you wear around your
> >waist.
> >25.     Any day above 10 degrees C is shorts weather.
> >