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You know your from the North when.....
- You own only three spices.....salt, pepper, and ketchup
- You have more miles on your snowmobile than your truck
- You've spent 15 minutes getting your child ready to play outside only to
come back in 15 minutes later and say I need to go potty
- You know the four seasons as winter, still winter, not winter and almost
winter
- you use sheets as your window curtens
- You celebrate like hell when you see smoke from chimneys going straight up
especially during winter
- You find -40 just a bit chilly
- You let your kids go trick or treating during a blizzard
- You find it exciting to stare through a hole in the ice and look at the
bottom
- You attended a formal affair wearing your best dress and your best jewelry
and your sorrels
- You attend a wedding wearing a suit that is too big or too small for you
because it's owned by another relative
- You have a racoon face during spring and some of summer
- When you see people with dentures more then people with their real teeth
- Your 6 year old son knows how to start a Coleman stove
- When you think that $5000 jackpot is the best
- you feel proud when somebody sees you pulling out a fish during the spring
- during a blizzard you can't see your garbage can outside
- You have lost count how many caribou you have killed
- When your hair dryer is used more for warming your skidoo then drying your
hair
- All the new music is "last years" songs of the south
- You know what "fresh pop" is
- When you have a "real" parent instead of a "biological" parent
- When a normal day is staying up until 4 at night and waking up at lunch
- When you need at least one pop to get through the day
- When you think the latest fashion are found in the ailes of the Northern and
Co-op Stores
- When you think that Patik and Rummoly should be included in the national
sports of Canada
- When you see a drunk man and you run like hell to the nearest door
- When you go to the store with $10 and all you come out with is a pop and a
bag of chips
- also a chocolate bar if it was right after sea-lift
- When you ask for snuff from you dad
- When you are pregnant same time as your mom
- When someone ask's you "whats up" you answer "naung"
- When you are dating someone who is only your 3rd cousin
- When you are asking for money through local radio
- When you see more honda's and ski-doo's than cars and trucks
- When you conserve water when there is a bizzard
- You find out you have a relative from a different community and think your
related to the rest of that community
- When the 3 day blizzard is over, you see more then half the town at the
northen store
- the kids breakfast, lunch and supper include pop, chips and kukuk
If you can think of something I should add to this list send me an Email.
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