28 signs you're camping in Canada

[Huggy]

My wife received this in a Canadian Living Email.

 

28 signs you're camping in Canada

 

 

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You know you're camping in Canada when…

 


1. …You wear a toque at breakfast.


 

2. …After it rains heavily for two consecutive days, you bundle the kids into the car and drive to the nearest Hudson's Bay store.


 

3. …You don't even flinch when you step on moose droppings.


 

4. …Most of your camping gear is wrapped in Canadian Tire bags.


 

5. …The car-ride snacks of choice are a box (or two) of Timbits and a few double-doubles.


 

6. …The lining of your sleeping bag matches your mom's favourite camping shirt and the tablecloth on your picnic table: red plaid. 


 

7. …In the quiet of the night, the youngest member of your family pipes up and asks, "Dad, can people really have sex in a canoe?"


 

8. …After the kids are asleep, you really do have sex in a canoe.


 

9. …At least one camper at your site knows the lyrics to at least five Anne Murray songs by heart.


 

10. …The expression "Look out, deer!" isn't a term of endearment but rather a warning of four-legged creatures invading the campsite.


 

11. …After five days of burgers and beans, you find yourself saying, "Man, I really wish we could have some poutine."

 

12. …You wake up at 3 a.m., hop in the car and drive four hours to get poutine.

 

13. …Drinking lukewarm white wine isn't considered a breach of etiquette.

 

14. …Late-night conversation becomes deeply profound: "I just don't get why they shut down the Shania Twain museum. Makes you wonder what the world is coming to."

 

15. …You run out of toothpaste and chew cedar as a form of oral hygiene.

 

16. …You mistakenly step on a bear's paw while hiking and say, "Sorry."



 

17. …The bear responds, "Oh, nonsense. I'm the sorry one. It's my fault. Pardon me. Yup."

 

18. …You're awakened early every morning by a camp warden who knows every word to Sharon, Lois & Bram's famous song, "Skinnamarink."

 

19. …At least one member of your camping party is named Doug or Bob.

 

20. …Confusion ensues because five campsites are registered under the names "Doug and Bob."

 

21. …You turn to Kraft Dinner as your back-up food source when you run out of fresh grub.

 

22. …Grandpa says he's got a mickey in the trunk of the car and the kids are disappointed to learn it isn't the Disney mouse.

 

23. …Wearing grey tube socks with Birkenstocks is considered OK—until the day you head home. Then it's forbidden.

 

24. …You converse politely throughout your trip until someone innocently inquires, "So tell me, why did Céline Dion move to the U.S.?"

 

25. …Your favourite reading material is the American licence plates in the parking lot.

 

26. …At least half of all campers at your site are wearing hockey jerseys.

 

27. …You notice two campers—one wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs baseball cap, one wearing a Montreal Canadiens baseball cap—meeting on a hiking trail. No words are spoken.

 

28. …You see numerous pairs of long johns hanging on makeshift clotheslines because, folks, YOU'RE CAMPING IN CANADA!

[Bert2006]

This coming from a guy from Turkey Point....................sorry could not resist.....

[SilvrT]

 


1. …You wear a toque at breakfast.


 

 

You know you're in Canada when you see most of the young guys (and some of the girls) wearing toques ... in the middle of summer ... coz that's the latest fashion craze.

[cowpuc]

29. You found out that Canadian Mosquito Soup is no where near as fattening as Canadian Bacon and, with a little salt, is almost as tasty!!

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

You know you're in Canada when you see most of the young guys (and some of the girls) wearing toques ... in the middle of summer ... coz that's the latest fashion craze.

 

To all our friends living south of us..... Toque is what you folks refer to as a "Knitted Cap"

And.....

30. Is simple .............. always take at least one umbrella per person in camping party :rain2:

[Marcarl]

29. You found out that Canadian Mosquito Soup is no where near as fattening as Canadian Bacon and, with a little salt, is almost as tasty!!

 

Now that would depend on where you get Canadian Bacon,,,,, and I suppose you have tried real Canadian mosquito soup??? or is it just the American version that has crossed your palette?

Us Canucks can get a little testy about our eats you know!

[djh3]

While I never heard of "toque" I had always called it a ski hat or beanie. They guys from North Carolina I worked with for some reason think its a taboggin.

And Im glad someone mentioned mosqutios

[SilvrT]

Some of the fashion craze...

 

[cowpuc]

Now that would depend on where you get Canadian Bacon,,,,, and I suppose you have tried real Canadian mosquito soup??? or is it just the American version that has crossed your palette?

Us Canucks can get a little testy about our eats you know!

 

Oh no,, I had the REAL Canadian Skeeter soup when we traveled into Alberta last year,, gotta admit though, I have my share of the American version too BUT - your skeeters seem to have a little sweeter taste to them and more tender.. You gotta watch how long you boil em though cause they get mushy real fast.

Hey, speakin of Canadian Bacon,, do you ever use it on those awesome Carl Burgers I have heard so much about? Someday I am gonna scoot up there and collect on your offer and just wondered if I should stop and pick up some REAL Canadian Bacon on my way!!

Edited May 13, 2015 by cowpuc
I spelled "they" like this = "that" and it made no sense and I figured if it made no sense to me, Carl would never understand

[Marcarl]

I really haven't had the enjoyment of real skeeter soup, we have put the pot on with clean water,,)you just know they don't like pond water( and then encouraged them to get their little butts into it, but other than for one or two dummys, none showed up to offer their expertise. Now skeeter burgers, pasta and the like have often been enjoyed, 'course that happens when your most hungry and they are dumb enough to sit on the next bite your about to take. At first you feel sorry for their demise but after shooing them off a number of times, one finally gives up and hatch them with the rest of the fodder.

Now on the discussion of Canadian Bacon??? Really????? you asking ME? where to get good stuff???? How would I know??? Ask our customers,,, they always seem too have the best to enjoy. I'm now thinking it might be a nice addition to the meal come next Saturday,,,, so if you're coming you could go right past a nice little butcher shop that claims to have enjoyment food and pick some up,,, don't forget though,, we eat at 12 sharp,,,,, or closer to 1 somewhere, so don't be late.

And don't bother with the editing,,, you can get confusing enough without doing that,,, and you need to spend more time with Tippy.

[ReinyRooster]

The hard part of making the infamous Mosquito Soup is filleting those little devils.........

[cowpuc]

The hard part of making the infamous Mosquito Soup is filleting those little devils.........

 

The secret to properly fileting those tasty little suckers is ya gotta pull the needle off their nose while they are still kicking and let em bleed out, then I use an exacto knife and, right after they stop flipping their wings - put the exacto where the needle beak was and push in (knife blade pointing down toward the feet). This will sever the wing knuckles inside em that connect the wings together. Now one quick shake and the wings fall right off! Some people will take the WIngs and BBQ em but I dont care for em cause they give me gas.. The Skeeter is now ready for the pot!!

[ReinyRooster]

cowpuc....spoken like a man with experience! LOL!!

[Sailor]

I presume you are not talking about the infamous Manitoba skeeters. It takes a 50 cal to bring them down, then you fillet them with a chain saw. Soup for all.

[saddlebum]

Oh no,, I had the REAL Canadian Skeeter soup when we traveled into Alberta last year,, gotta admit though, I have my share of the American version too BUT - your skeeters seem to have a little sweeter taste to them and more tender..

Thats cause Canadian Skeeters have a milder and more sweeter diet.

 

The secret to properly fileting those tasty little suckers is ya gotta pull the needle off their nose while they are still kicking and let em bleed out, then I use an exacto knife and, right after they stop flipping their wings - put the exacto where the needle beak was and push in (knife blade pointing down toward the feet). This will sever the wing knuckles inside em that connect the wings together. Now one quick shake and the wings fall right off! Some people will take the WIngs and BBQ em but I dont care for em cause they give me gas.. The Skeeter is now ready for the pot!!

Close but thats the hard way ...... and quite frankly I am surprised you would do it that way. ....The better way is you take a hammer and knock the needle into a board and then you peel the skin back and off just you like you would a cat fish.