You Know You're From the North When.....


You never meet celebrities except Soo Greyhounds and every chick you know dated at least 3 of them.

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a logging truck on the highway

"Vacation" means going to Canada's Wonderland

You measure distance in hours

You know several people who have hit deer more than once

Your classes were canceled because of cold

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day

You use a down comforter in the summer

Your grandparents drive at 100/km per hour through 13 feet of snow and a raging blizzard - without flinching

You see people wear hunting clothes at social events

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked

You think of the major four food groups as beef, corn, beer and blueberries

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them

There are always 4 empty cars running in the parking lot at the corner store at any given time.

You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper and ketchup

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie

The North Bay Nugget covers national and international headlines on the bottom corner of one page --and requires 6 pages for sports coverage.

You know which leaves make good toilet paper

You have an outhouse and prefer to use it

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction

There is a Tim Hortons per every 1000 capita

It takes 3 hours to go "Uptown" for one item even when you're in a rush - because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town

You actually get these jokes and forward them to all of your friends from Northern Ontario!!!!!

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