> >> You might be a Calgarian if ..... > >> > >> you define Summer as three months of bad sledding... > >> > >> your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar... > >> > >> snow tires come standard on all your cars... > >> > >> you refer to the Flames as "we"... > >> > >> at least 50% of your relatives work in the oil patch... > >> > >> you can make sense out of the words Saddledome and C.O.P... > >> > >> you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week... > >> > >> you can identify a Saskatchewan accent... > >> > >> you know what "cow-tipping" is..... > >> > >> you learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your > >> bike... > >> > >> "Down South" to you means Lethbridge... > >> > >> traveling coast to coast means going from Vancouver to Lake Winnipeg... > >> > >> the "Big Four" means Cheap amelly beer and three Indians trying to bum > >> smokes. > >> > >> > >> you were offended by the movie "Fargo"... > >> > >> you know that Eau Claire is not something you eat..... > >> > >> you have no problem spelling Eau Claire.. > >> > >> you consider the Calgary Tower "exotic".. > >> > >> you got a passport to go to Toronto... > >> > >> your idea of foreign culture is listening to the Barra McNeills... > >> > >> you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Home Brew... > >> > >> you've seen a stampede parade... > >> > >> you used to think Deer Season was included as an official school > >> holiday... > >> > >> You know that Gotham is a real city... > >> > >> You can actually pronounce and spell Kananaskis... > >> > >> you know what a luge is..... > >> > >> the snow on your roof in March weighs more than you do... > >> > >> your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your > >> bluespruce... > >> > >> you think there should be a "Easteners go home" bumper sticker on every > >> car West of > >> Wiinipeg... > >> > >> Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new quonset... > >> > >> a Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer... > >> > >> you go out for a Peter's Hamburger every Friday... > >> > >> you go to work in a snowsuit in the morning and return home wearing > >> shorts... > >> > >> when you tell someone where you are from and they say: 'I thought that > was > >> part of Montana... > >> > >> Harvie the Hound is your idol because he gets to dive go to all the > Flames > >> games... > >> > >> your idea of the seasons is Winter, Spring and the Stampede... > >> > >> you know how to polka.... > >> > >> your idea of diversity is having black, white, and brown cows... > >> > >> you drink "coke" and refer to your dad as "my old man"... > >> > >> formal wear is a flannel shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap... > >> > >> your children describe their summer vacation out of province as a "the > >> farm..." > >> > >> you were unaware there is a legal drinking age... > >> > >> you have to go to Florida to get a tan in August... > >> > >> You have caught a fish in the Bow River and it glowed in the dark... > >> > >> you define "swimming season" as August Long weekend... > >> > >> your July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost... > >> > >> you know where the city of Lacombe is AND can pronounce it > >> > >> you have more fishing poles than teeth... > >> > >> you decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a > weekend... > >> > >> you have been involved in a "drive-by hay bailing"..... > >> >