“You know you are a Yukoner when…”

1. December 21st, 2009 at 12:35 pm Meandering Michael Says:

   …you start “You know you’re a Yukoner” lists.

   
   
2. December 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm Murray Says:

   …you spend a couple of hours outside putting Christmas lights on the house when it’s 30 below zero

   
   
3. December 21st, 2009 at 10:09 pm Jennifer Burke Says:

   You know what square tires are.

   
   
4. December 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 am Meandering Michael Says:

   Your battery has a blanket.

   
   
5. December 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 am Meandering Michael Says:

   …the temperature is -35C and you can say it’s warmer than it was on the same day last year.

   
   
6. December 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 am Meandering Michael Says:

   Summer, hunting, winter, and “dog poo” are the four seasons.

   
   
7. December 22nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm Jennifer Burke Says:

   HA! I didn’t know about battery blankets until this year. I may need to go get one.

   
   
8. December 22nd, 2009 at 9:06 pm Rain Says:

   So this might be a little out of date as I haven’t lived in the Yukon for almost 30 years and I was a kid then. I live in Ontario now. But, if memory serves:

   You know you’re a Yukoner when:
   - you consider shotguns on a wall socially acceptable and even arty as long as they are unloaded
   - you have a taxidermied black bear rug hanging in your living room (like my family did for like freakin’ 10+ years!)
   - you consider it normal to find rifle casings in pant pockets before putting them in the washing machine
   - moose meat is not really a delicacy but a way of life
   - your kids ALWAYS sport snowsuits under their Hallowe’en costumes. (We don’t here in Ontario.. My kids wear sweaters).
   - antlers! Antlers on houses! Antlers on camper vans…need I say more?
   - you buy the most basic items using catalogs. Frilly stuff is either from “away” or made lovingly by mom
   - fierce animals roam your ‘hoods at night and it doesn’t make front page news
   - going outside for recess means playing in a really big space with real ground (not asphalt) under your feet.
   - your neighbour can’t go biking – she says she’s growing the hair on her legs for the Sourdough Rendezvous (true story – not kidding!)
   - Sprucebog means something.

   
   
9. December 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm Jennifer Burke Says:

   Rain! Those are some good ones.

   I will add: moose, elk, caribou, bear, and bison are not delicacies, but a way of life.
   I know a few people with the bear skin. And no, it’s not sexy. It’s gross.
   I think there is a reduction in the antler trend.
   There are a few more shopping choices here in Whitehorse, Canadian Tire is the most notable.
   Sprucebog just happened.
   Why can’t you bike with hairy legs?

   
   
10. January 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 am Jennifer Burke Says:

    You try gas-line anti-freeze in your truck.

    
    

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