Canada Day - Viral email

We talk about social media and how viral marketing can encourage people to pass messages through the internet, causing the messages to multiply like a virus. Here is one of those so called messages, (although not a marketing message), that landed in my email earlier today - thank you Lucy! It's a fun, laugh-at-yourself peek at Canada in that self-effacing way that characterizes those big-hearted Canadians! For those of you not familiar with Canada, tomorrow, July 1st is Canada Day, a day that celebrates when Canada became a country in 1867 - don't be impressed by the date - not being a long-time Canadian, I needed a little help with this from Google!

CANADA DAY EMAIL ...

Forget Rednecks, 
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canucks.  

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from 
September through May, 
you may live in Canada. 

If someone in a Home Depot store 
offers you assistance and they don't work there, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation 
with someone who dialed a wrong number, 
you may live in Canada. 

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere 
south of Detroit for the weekend, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you measure distance in hours, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you know several people 
who have hit a deer more than once, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' 
in the same day and back again, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow 
during a raging blizzard without flinching, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you install security lights on your house
and garage, but leave both unlocked, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you carry jumpers in your car 
and your wife knows how to use them, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you design your kid's Halloween costume  
to fit over a snowsuit, 
you may live in Canada. 

If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km, and
you're going 90 and everybody is passing you, 
you may live in Canada. 

If driving is better in the winter 
because the potholes are filled with packed snow, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you know all 4 seasons: 
almost winter, winter, still winter, 
and road construction,
you may live in Canada. 

If you have more miles 
on your snow blower than your car, 
you may live in Canada. 

If you find 2 degrees 'a little chilly', 
you may live in Canada. 
 
If you actually understand these jokes, 
and forward them to all 
your Canadian friends & others, 
you definitely live in Canada.