ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO PEI! (Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada)
1. Save all Tim Horton's trays. You will be instructed later on how to use them.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four-wheel-drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: We say please and thank you a lot. Men also nod their heads at everyone they walk by and women smile. We are just nice like that.
4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
5. Don't tell us how they do it in Toronto. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it's too hot in the Summer, don't worry it'll only last for 2 months.
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a tractor, a truck, a skidoo, or a 4 wheeler is.
8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
9. If you don't understand French, don't worry. Neither do the French people.
10. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two-lane road pull onto the shoulder, that is called "courtesy". If you don't understand this, reconsider moving to a ruder province.
11. Fishing season must be taken into consideration for weddings, funerals, and divorces. Don't plan ANYTHING on these days!
12. Donairs. That's it. That's all.
13. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die.
14. Prepare to use your heater, air conditioner, bug spray, sunscreen, and blanket all within an hour and
probably in that order.
15. "No, yeah" means yes, and "yeah, no" means no.
16. The index finger is used to wave from the steering wheel to everyone you pass on the road.
17. Poker runs, in the summer on 4 wheelers and boats, in the winter on snowmobiles.
18. There is a Lions club 50/50 at any event that draws a crowd.
19. Everyone's father probably met their mudder at the legion.
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11 comments:
Do any of your readers come from PEI?
Sue - I'm not sure. But somebody in Canada has to know if this is true.
Good to know. I'll try to remember if I ever visit there.
I've seen most of these applied to various southern states, not always accurately.
PEI is largely rural and charming. Some of these are probably true.
I could use half of these statements in my every day conversation.
I have never been there but have a friend in Nova Scotia so would love to visit one day. It sounds charming.
Haha - Nobody cares about how things are done in Toronto.
Good ones, Mike.
Thanks for the tips.
Keep a smile.
Very funny.
It's 2:20 Monday morning and I'm just getting here. I agree with EVERYBODY!
God I love this. It is a cool area that is for certain!
The Toronto comment slayed me. True if you say it in Vancouver too. :-)
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