\u2022 You pronounce it “Muntreal”, not “Mahntreal”.
\n\u2022 You have ever said anything like “I have to stop at the guichet before we get to the dep.”
\n\u2022 Your only concern about jaywalking is getting a ticket.
\n\u2022 You agree that Montr\u00e9al drivers are crazy, but you’re secretly proud of their nerves of steel.
\n\u2022 The most exciting thing about the South Shore is that you can turn right on a red.
\n\u2022 You know that the West Island is not a separate geographical formation.
\n\u2022 You bring smoked meat from Schwartz’s and bagels from St-Viateur if you’re visiting anyone.
\n\u2022 You refer to Tremblant as “up North.”
\n\u2022 You know how to pronounce Pie-IX.
\n\u2022 You’re not impressed with hardwood floors.
\n\u2022 You can watch soft-core porn on broadcast TV, and this has been true for at least 25 years.
\n\u2022 You were drinking caf\u00e9-au-lait before it was latte.
\n\u2022 Shopper’s Drug Mart is Pharmaprix and Staples is Bureau en gros, and PFK is finger lickin’ good.
\n\u2022 You really believe Just For Laughs is an international festival. For two weeks a year.
\n\u2022 Everyone, \u2013 drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists \u2013 think they’re immortal, and that you’ll move first.
\n\u2022 You know that Rocket Richard had nothing to do with astrophysics.
\n\u2022 You’ve seen Brother Andr\u00e9’s heart.
\n\u2022 You know the difference between the SQ, the SAQ, and the SAAQ.
\n\u2022 You measure temperature and distance in metric, but weight and height in Imperial measure.
\n\u2022 You know that Montr\u00e9al is responsible for introducing to North America: bagels, souvlaki, smoked meat.
\n\u2022 There has to be at least 30 cm of snow on the ground in 24 hours to consider it too snowy to drive.
\n\u2022 You remember where you were during the Ice Storm.
\n\u2022 You’ve been to at least 2 festivals drunk
\n\u2022 You discuss potholes like most people discuss weather.
\n\u2022 “The Futuristic City” is actually Habitat ’67.
\n\u2022 You find it amusing when people from outside Qu\u00e9bec compliment you on how good your English is.
\n\u2022 You have yet to understand a single announcement made on the M\u00e9tro PA system.
\n\u2022 You don’t find American comedians speaking “gibberish” French even remotely funny.
\n\u2022 You don’t find it weird that there’s a strip club on every corner downtown.
\n\u2022 You know the words to the national anthem in French.
\n\u2022 You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
\n\u2022 Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
\n\u2022 You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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