A spin- off of the Molson "I am Canadian" TV commercial.
I'm not a farmer, a gang member or an arsonist.
I don't live in a sod hut, I don't eat red river cereal every day for breakfast.
That's a block heater cable, not an electric car.
As it happens, I do know Tom, Dick and Sally from Winnipeg.
Tom is my cousin. Sally dated several friends of mine.
It's a jambuster, not a jelly doughnut. A nip, not a hamburger.
When you step in a freezing puddle in spring it's a booter,not a soaker.
It's pronounced Por-tij and Main, not Por-taj and Main.
I can proudly say that Winnipeg is where the Bronfman's started bootlegging, where Bob Hope first learned to golf, and has the highest per-capita slurpee consumption on the planet.
Winnipeg IS the centre of the country, and the centre of North America - at least when you look at it geographically.
YES it is COLD, but it's a DRY cold. And the Mosquito, not the spotted Owl, should be our Provincial Bird.
Manitoba is the ONLY place you can get a decent burger anywhere.
A surprisingly cosmopolitan place with a vibrant cultural scene, and despite the humiliating departure of our hockey franchise, the BEST part of Canada!!
My name is JOE!!!
AND I AM MANITOBAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
