You are from Canada

You know your from Manitoba, Canada, when....

• You only know three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
• You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
• The mosquitoes have landing lights.
• You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
• You have 10 favourite recipes for moose meat.
• Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
• You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter above the ground.
• You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
• You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
• The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.
• At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
• The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
• Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.
• You think the start of moose season is a national holiday.
• You head south to go to your cottage.
• You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
• You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
• The major parish fund-raiser isn't bingo - it's sausage making.
• You find -40C a little chilly.
• The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
• You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your Sorels.
• You can play road hockey on skates.
• You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.
• The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
• You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Northern friends.

Ice Fishing Luck

An old man walked out onto a frozen lake on a bitter cold winter day. He drilled a hole in the ice, sat on his bucket, put his fishing line in the water and eagerly waited for a fish to bite. He was there for almost five hours without even a nibble when a young boy walked out, drilled a hole in the ice and sat on his bucket not far from the old man. It only took about one minute and BAM! A huge walleye bit his hook and the boy pulled in the fish. The old man couldn't believe it and figured it was just luck. Yet, the boy put his fish line in again and within just two minutes he pulled in another huge walleye! This went on and on until finally the old man couldn't stand it any more. He hadn't caught a fish all day. He went to the boy and said, "Boy, I've been here nearly all day without even a nibble. You have been here only a few minutes and have caught TEN huge fish! How do you do it?" The boy said, "Oo af o rep ra rums rm." "What," asked the old man? Again the boy said, "Oo af o rep ra rums rm." Freezing and impatient the old man yelled "Look, I can't understand a word you are saying." So, the boy took off his gloves, spit a clump of stuff into his hands and said, "You have to keep the worms warm!!"