Friday, July 20, 2007

You know you're a Maritimer when..

I found this on Facebook and thought it was too funny. For those non-Martimer's. the Maritimes are the provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
You know you're a maritimer when . . .
1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting topass a tractor on the highway.
2."Vacation" means going to Moncton for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4.You know several people who have hit a deer.
5. You often switchfrom "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
6. You use a down filled comforter in the summer.
7. Your Grandparents drive 100 kmthrough 13 feet of snow during ragingblizzard without flinching.
8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
9.You install security lights on both your house and garage and goandleave both unlocked.
10. You think of the major food groups as: Meat, Fish and Tim Hortons.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them.
12. There are seven empty cars running in the parking lot of theCanadian Tirestore at any given time.
13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
14. Driving is better in thewinter because the potholes are filled with snow.
15. Your lingerie consists of tube socks and flannel pajamas.
16. You knowall 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter andConstruction.
17. It takes three hours to go to the store for one item, even whenyou're in a hurry because you have to stop and talk to everybody intown.And Finally: You know you live in the Maritimes when...
18. You actually understand these jokes andforward them to all your friends from the Maritimes.

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