You understand the phrase, "Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine" You drink pop, not soda. This doesn't bother you at all. You know that a mickey and 2-4's mean "Party at the camp, eh!!" You can drink legally while still a 'teen. You don't care about the fuss with Cuba, it's a cheap place to travel with good cigars and no Americans. You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs. Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers. You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line. You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group. You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada. You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo" You know what a toque is. You never miss "Coaches Corner". You know all the words to "If I Had a Million Dollars" You have memorized the Heritage Foundation's Heritage Moments, including your favorites, "I smell burnt toast, Doctor", "You all know I canna read a word..." and "Kanata". You know Ashley MacIssac isn't Celtic enough. Your backpack has only one Canadian flag sewn-on. You have been on Speaker's Corner. You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing 'u's from labor, honor, and color. You remember "Jodie" from "Today's Special" and wonder why she reads news on CBC. You wonder idly if there is some government cover-up of a covert operation behind shifting the shooting location of "The X-Files" from British Columbia to California, You know that a "Premier" isn't a baby born a few weeks early. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. The local paper covers national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey. You know 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction. You understand the Labatt Blue commercials. You perk up when you hear the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada" The most nationalistic and patriotic you have ever been is when you are reciting the 'rant' from a beer commercial ("my name is Joe...")