The fine art of being sneaky and Canadianisms

If I was a bottom, I'd have been in for it today. My sleep deprived brain decided that instead of waking up on time, and showing up to work for a shop day about 30 min early as usual, that an hour late to work is an acceptable thing to do for a responsible adult.

I usually wake up between 6 and 6:30, hit Timmies (that's Tim Hortons, for you non Canadians) for a double-double(again, that's a coffee with 2 creams, 2 sugars for the non Canadians) and a dutchie(not sure if they have dutchies in other countries, its a nom nom donut with raisins in it). I then usually hit the road, and drive the 15 min it takes to get to the shop.

I'm usually there @ around 7 or 7:30, which gives me till 8 to enjoy my coffee, and get my shit together for work at 8.

Today however, I abused the 'ol snooze button, and woke up at 8:30. Got up and had an internal battle. The devil on my shoulder yawned and said, "dude. Its sunday! There's no jobs up, and you're just gonna leave at lunch anyway! Stay in bed! Chillax! Have a personal mental health day!" I yawned and had a look at the angel... He slapped me upside the head and said "srsly? Get up ya lazy bastard! And get us some coffee! You took yesterday off! Get to work!"

So I hit timmies and arrived at the shop an hour late.

Here's the thing. I think my brain is pretty clever. *nods* if I slept in on a weekday, the shop would be hoppin with people, management would be hanging around and randomly crackin the whip. But today is Sunday.

I got here before all the managers because they usually don't show up till 10 on Sundays, I came in and parked and in looking around I don't think I coulda picked a better day to be late. If anyone asks, I can probably even tell em I was here at 8, and no one would even know the difference! So, my brain was at least clever enough to do this on a day where I could get away with it....

So in having a look over what I've written so far, I wonder, for those of you that read, are there any "Canadianisms" that you know about? How many of you actually know where Canada is? Do you know that in actual land mass, we're the 2nd largest country in the world? Yup. The only country bigger than us in size is Russia. However, in population we're not so big. Under 35 million people here! I remember reading a statistic as a teen that said, if all the people in Canada, were spread out across the country with an even distance between all of us, every person would get 1.6 kilometers around them to themselves(that's 1 square mile each!)

As far as the "isms" go, I'll tell ya some of the words and phrases we use regularly, and if you want, send a comment if you use them where you live or know what they are.

A Mickey - Def. A 12oz bottle of hard liquor

Poutine - Def. A delicious treat consisting of french fries, cheese, and gravy

Serviette - Def. A napkin

Hockey - Def. A fast paced sport played on ice while wearing skates. pronounced - Haw-key

Kraft Dinner - Def. Macaroni and cheese.

Butter Tart - Def. A delicious single serving pie, usually served at Christmas. Similar in flavor to a pecan pie without the pecans.

Naniamo Bar - Def. An UBER sweet baked good made from chocolate and white butter cream icing. Not my fave, but I know LOTS of people that are addicted.

Pop - Def. Soda, srsly? You guys call it "soda?" weeeeeird

Caesar - Def. No, not a salad. This is a delecious beverage invented in Calgary served on ice similar to a bloody Mary, vodka, tobasco sauce, worcestershire, and Clamato(tomato juice with clam juice added, trust me, its good.) served in a glass rimmed with celery salt and garnished with a celery stalk.

Rye - Def. Sometimes known as "Canadian whiskey" its made from rye wheat.

Screech - Def. A Jamaican dark rum served in Newfoundland. Too nasty for the rest of the country.

A Loonie - Def. 1 dollar coin

A Toonie - Def. 2 dollar coin

Pogey - Def. Unemployment benefits

Remembrance Day - Def. November 11th. Known as Veterans day in the US. We honor our fallen soldiers this day.

Toque - Def. a hat worn in the winter. Pronounced Too-k rhymes with kook.

Chesterfield -Def. what old people call a couch or a sofa

Frog - Def. a derogatory term for the french

GST - Def. The evil "goods and services tax" its now at 5% in Alberta. Lots of other provinces (maybe all?) have the HST(harmonized sales tax) now instead. Its the GST + some other provincial tax.

Postal code - Def. Our version of a Zip code. 6 digits long and its always "letter number letter space number letter number" I.e. Santa's postal code is H0H 0H0.

Shinney - Def. a pick up hockey game where people just show up and play.

Ski-doo - Def. A snowmobile. Or "snow machine" if you live on the east coast.

Stubby - Def. BRING IT BACK!!!! Its a short necked beer bottle no longer used. They still use it in Australia, and Jamaican red flag beer is served in it.

RRSP - Def. A tax sheltered retirement savings plan, similar to a 401k in the US

Well, that's all I can think of now. Any other terms used by us Canucks you know? Any terms in your country you wanna share?

Chat with ya soon! ................. Eh! ;)

J