Will and Guy's Joke of the Day #84

--- You know you're from Canada when .............

* You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.

* Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.

* You find -40C a little chilly.

* The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.

* Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.

* You choose a Halloween costume which fits over a snowsuit.

* You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.

* The local paper covers national and international headlines on 2 pages, but requires 3 pages for hockey.

* You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewellery and your Sorels.

* You perk up when you hear theme from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.
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** Room Service - Tenjewberrymuds **

The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service at a hotel in Asia. It was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:

To get the full effect it should be read aloud. [You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation.]

Room Service (RmSv): Morrin. Roon sirbees.
Guest: Sorry, I thought I dialled room-service.

RmSv: Rye...Roon sirbees...morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen?
Guest: Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs.

RmSv: Ow July den?
Guest: What??

RmSv: Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?
Guest: Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please.

RmSv: Ow July dee baykem? Crease?
Guest: Crisp will be fine.

RmSv: Hokay. An Sahn toes?
Guest: What?

RmSv: An toes. July Sahn toes?
Guest: I don't think so.

RmSv: No? Judo wan sahn toes??
Guest: I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means.

RmSv: Toes! toes!... Why jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?
Guest: English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine.

RmSv: We bodder?
Guest: No...just put the bodder on the side.

RmSv: Wad?
Guest: I mean butter... just put it on the side.

RmSv: Copy?

Guest: Excuse me?
RmSv: Copy...tea...meel?

Guest: Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all.
RmSv: One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy...rye?

Guest: Whatever you say.
RmSv: Tenjewberrymuds.

Guest: You're very welcome.