STORM2K

YOU KNOW YOU ARE FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO WHEN:-

A really great parking spot can move you to tears.

You look out the subway windows on the way to work in the morning and see sardines in the river laughing at you.

You make well over $100,000 and you still can't find a nice place to live.

When the temperature rises above 0C 32F , you yell "Woohooo! Patio weather!"

You enjoy watching multicultural TV

You don't understand the attraction of the CN Tower.

You've had at least 3 bicycles stolen in the past 10 years.

When they forecast 5 degrees Celsius 41F in the winter months, you purposefully don't wear a jacket so you can enjoy the warmth.

At least 3 of your friends have moved to Vancouver

You never, never, never swim in the lake.

You know "The Beaches" are really called "The Beach", but still say "The Beaches" just to annoy all the nitwits who live there

You can say "world's tallest freestanding structure" ten times fast

You speak better Chinese than French

The word "cabbagetown" doesn't strike you as particularily amusing


You know where to find Dim Sum, Sushi, AND Curry, at 3 am on a weeknight

For the last time, it's pronounced 'TRONNA'!

You consider eye contact a sign of hostility and an invasion of your privacy.

It takes you an hour and a half to get to work by TTC and you are the envy of all your friends who are driving on the Don Valley Parkway, aptly named as it is a parking lot at rush hour.

You laugh heartily at people who refer to Highway401 as highway four hundred and one.


You can manuver your bike across Queen st. without getting caught in the streetcar tracks.

You can name at least three locations of The Beer Store that are open till 11 PM.

You have NEVER been to the Hard Rock Cafe

You're not offended by the term, "Homo Milk."

You understand the phrase, "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."

You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

You drink pop, not soda.

You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean.

You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.

You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and many more are Canadians.

You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!

You know what a touque is.

You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee".

You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan."

You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."

You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.

"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary and more polite than, "Huh?"

Winter. Whenever you want it. And then some.

There's German food, Italian food, Chinese food, Armenian food, American food, but NO Canadian food.

You call a "mouse" a "moose".

You like the Americans a little because they don't want Quebec either.

Contests run by anyone other than the government have "skill-testing questions" that winners must answer correctly before they can claim a prize.

Everything is labelled in English and French.

Milk comes in plastic bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.

-justin-

That should be titled you know your from southern Ontario when...

I love reading these it's always true, but I'm sure people often think of this as a joke.

You make well over $100,000 and you still can't find a nice place to live.
So true, we almost moved to Milton, but the house we were looking at was 1,100 sq ft and $265,000. Our house now is double that size, and not too much more expensive.

Contests run by anyone other than the government have "skill-testing questions" that winners must answer correctly before they can claim a prize.
Just like those McDonalds Monopoly Boards, I hate when you have to go home and use a calculator before you can earn your prize.

You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean.
Kids learn that stuff at age 4.

You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
Over $80. My dad is saving for a new power saw.

Milk comes in plastic bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
At any given time we usually have all three in the house.

You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan."
Learn it in grade 2, struggle with it until grade 9.

For the last time, it's pronounced 'TRONNA'!
Chronno or Tee Oh where I come from

A really great parking spot can move you to tears.

Especially at Wal-Mart!

You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

Even the Red Green Show???