FreeThinker
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Well, my German car was built in Mexico, and the Swedish truck I drive for work was built in the U.S., but I try to protect and maintain my Canadian-ness.
My composite-construction Meadow acoustic guitar was made in Waterloo, Ontario.
My BlackBerry was developed in Waterloo, Ontario (but made in China).
I have a telephone (invented by Canadian A.G. Bell)
I try to make a point of any Canadian cultural influences, no matter how tangentially they may apply (see above...er, and below).
I recycle, using my Blue Box (an initiative developed in Guelph, Ontario).
While I don't play the game, I do have a basketball (game invented by Canadian J. Naismith).
I know the difference between a cheque and a check.
I know that 'Doctor' and Stompin'' can be used to describe the same person.
I own several Robertson screwdrivers, of different sizes.
I know what a washroom is, and that a bathroom must have a bathtub (or, begrudgingly, at least a shower).
I constantly try to flush out other Canadians.
I'm sorry.*
I know what a 'Salmon Arm Salute' is.
I know what a 'Kenora dinner jacket' is.
I know that real Poutine needs cheese curds, not just cheese.
I don't recognize Justin Bieber as one of my fellow countrymen.
I feel uncomfortable about the "God keep our land" line in the rewrite of our national anthem, and sing it the old way.
I keep an ice-scraper/snow-brush in my car at all times (makes a good back-scratcher).
I am aware of other countries in North America.
Many of my friends and acquaintances are children of immigrants, as am I.
I chuckled at the way the spoken line "I hate Scarberia" appeared in the subtitles as "I hate suburbia" in Orphan Black.
I think of myself as average.
Despite my distaste for Don Cherry, I get a kick out of the way he dresses, and admire the deep love he had for his late wife.
I have a sawed-off hockey-stick in the track of the rear sliding door at my house.
I know someone is more 'Canadian' than me.
How about you? What quintessentially Canadian traits do you exhibit, or have you observed?
(This thread is open to non-Canadians who might have a bit the Spirit of the North in them too, eh?)
*At the moment, most specifically about using the term 'flush out' in such close proximity to the mention of washrooms. Oops.
My composite-construction Meadow acoustic guitar was made in Waterloo, Ontario.
My BlackBerry was developed in Waterloo, Ontario (but made in China).
I have a telephone (invented by Canadian A.G. Bell)
I try to make a point of any Canadian cultural influences, no matter how tangentially they may apply (see above...er, and below).
I recycle, using my Blue Box (an initiative developed in Guelph, Ontario).
While I don't play the game, I do have a basketball (game invented by Canadian J. Naismith).
I know the difference between a cheque and a check.
I know that 'Doctor' and Stompin'' can be used to describe the same person.
I own several Robertson screwdrivers, of different sizes.
I know what a washroom is, and that a bathroom must have a bathtub (or, begrudgingly, at least a shower).
I constantly try to flush out other Canadians.
I'm sorry.*
I know what a 'Salmon Arm Salute' is.
I know what a 'Kenora dinner jacket' is.
I know that real Poutine needs cheese curds, not just cheese.
I don't recognize Justin Bieber as one of my fellow countrymen.
I feel uncomfortable about the "God keep our land" line in the rewrite of our national anthem, and sing it the old way.
I keep an ice-scraper/snow-brush in my car at all times (makes a good back-scratcher).
I am aware of other countries in North America.
Many of my friends and acquaintances are children of immigrants, as am I.
I chuckled at the way the spoken line "I hate Scarberia" appeared in the subtitles as "I hate suburbia" in Orphan Black.
I think of myself as average.
Despite my distaste for Don Cherry, I get a kick out of the way he dresses, and admire the deep love he had for his late wife.
I have a sawed-off hockey-stick in the track of the rear sliding door at my house.
I know someone is more 'Canadian' than me.
How about you? What quintessentially Canadian traits do you exhibit, or have you observed?
(This thread is open to non-Canadians who might have a bit the Spirit of the North in them too, eh?)
*At the moment, most specifically about using the term 'flush out' in such close proximity to the mention of washrooms. Oops.
