You know you're from Ottawa when....

Yes yes yes must post more, I've got some movie reviews and general life commentary to provide. In the meantime:

I love this! Made me even more homesick. Courtesy of Christine.

You know you're from Ottawa when....

During grade school, you were warned about "The man in the white van."
Yesss! And it seems that's not a typical school urban legend. Basically rumor/news has it that some kids were kidnapped from the man in the white van, so we had to avoid those vans like the plague.

You have at least one "Woohoo!" towel
Is that from a Sens game? 'Cause if so, yes, I still have my towel.

You know that the women on Dalhousie Street, aren't just "friendly."
Ha haaaaa haaaa. That's from all the hookers there. Anytime you want to throw an insult about a chick you just say "Yeah she looked like she should walk on Dalhousie"

The word Vanier strikes fear into your heart, in fact you duck and cover any time you hear it
So Vanier is the ghetto of Ottawa. Kinda like the Riverside of the OC. I dated a guy who lived there for awhile (Kevin, for those in the know) and seriously, SERIOUSLY, that's pretty effing ghetto there. It even SOUNDS ghetto.

You've been to a parade that only consisted of a few emergency vehicles with banners, some people marching, and Kool FM/Hot 89.9 van
Ha ha pretty much...aren't all Ottawa parades like this?

The dreaded Ice Storm combined with the teachers' strike made 1998 the best school year ever
Well sorta. Previous to that was the teacher's strike of '91, and then the "work to rule" in '96...the Ice Storm was when I was in University, and stupid me actually WENT to school on that day...it was brutal. I almost died trying to lug around my schoolbag full of CSI books (CSI = computer, not Crime Scene Investigation!) in a land completely covered in pure ice.

You're bilingual... or at least you can parler Franglais
Mais oui je parle Francais...et Franglais.

You eat, sleep and breathe the Super Ex while it's open
I used to for awhile, but it's...dirty.I guess they all are, but that yearly fair really is...dirty.

You've swam in Mooney's Bay and had to shower for 2 hours afterwards to get that filthy, filthy water off of you
I refused to ever swim there. That's effing disgusting. When you need a sign telling you what the water quality is for that day, there's a problem.

You don't flinch when asked if you want to eat a beavertail
Beavertails:Canadians = Churros:Californians. It's the same stuff, different shape.

You've been at the top of the peace tower and thought you were amazingly high just because nothing else is allowed to be taller then it
WTF is the peace tower?

You've seriously considered swimming in the Rideau Canal on one of those 30+ degree summer days
GOD no. I've seen how much algae grows in that thing. And it actually looks like warm murky water.

You remember a time when Patrick Lalime was kinda good
Who the eff is that?

Everyone you know has some sort of story about how Alanis Morissette babysat their cousin's best friend's dog's original owner's son-in-law
Of course! I still have my photos of her from when I got her first album autographed at Place D'Orleans. And she taught Sex-Ed to my friend's 9th grade gym class (Alanis was in OAC/Grade 13 when me and my friend were in 9th grade).

You listened to 101.1 XFm, 93.9 KOOL FM and remember when the New Hot 89.9 was still new
Ha ha haaaa. I remember the DJ on 93.9....The Milkman...

You're pretty sure that the corner of Preston and Somerset is the only place in the world where China and Italy touch each other.
Of course!

You think that 613 is the only area code that exists and HATE having to dial it to call people now
you have to do that now? I hated having to dial the area codes when I moved to California...it's so bizarre to me to have to give out my phone number in 10 digits, not 7.


You think Stittsville is the end of the universe
Well I USED to...now I think Canada overall is at the end of the universe.

You've waited 30 minutes for the OC transpo only to realize it came fucking early? Like, what the fuck is that?
I never realized when it came early...it's more like 40 minutes later at the next rotation, i assumed it was 40 minutes LATE. Mannn I hated taking the OC...but I gotta admit, living somewhere where it's unsafe to take the bus...the OC is a relatively good system in a pinch. Or when you're drunk.

You remember when the Scotiabank Place was still the Corel Centre, or better, Palladium
It's called the Scotiabank Place? Of course I remember it as the Palladium and I was annoyed when they changed it to the Corel Centre...but it changed again!? WTF!

You've partied on Parliament Hill on Canada Day
Duh. Obviously. And to anyone who thinks it's not the biggest party in the universe...yer wrong! If you don't hold hands with your friend, you'll lose them in a snap...it's pure pandamonium. LOVE IT. MISS IT BADLY.

You remember going on field trips to the museum of science and tech. every year of elementary school
Ha ha haaa...of course. Plus that art gallery, I remember we had to stare at that Ring of Fire painting that was a few million dollars in order to understand what it was about (ummm just a big canvas painted red. That's it)..finally I was like "okay I get it. You used $18Mil worth of paint. "

You've travelled and waited for over half an hour just to get into Zak's Diner in the Byward Market
Heck yeah! I love their poutine. When I went with Kraig I took him there to try poutine.

A winter without going skating on the Rideau Canal just doesn't seem right
Sorta. I'm a crappy skater, and skating on the Canal scares me 'cause they cut these huge holes out in order to scope out the thickness of the ice, and I've always been afraid of not paying attention and falling in. It's the world's largest skating rink for anyone who cares :P

You have an irrational hatred for those Toronto Maple Leafs and everything they do, have done and will do
Yep.

You've been to, and therefore fallen asleep at, a lynx game
Never. I hate baseball, especially Ottawa baseball.

You've thought that free 67's tickets were the best thing you could ever possible win, ever.
Uhhh not really. There's a reason they're free.

You can spot Spartacat out of a crowd of 19,000 people
You'd have to be blind to not see that thing!