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Life as an Albertan
[1]. "Vacation" means going to Edmonton for the weekend.
[2]. You measure distance in hours.
[3]. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
[4]. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
[5]. You use a down comforter in the summer.
[6]. Your grandparents drive at 100 km/h through four feet of snow during a blizzard, without flinching.
[7]. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
[8]. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
[9]. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled.
[10]. You know both seasons: Winter and construction.
[11]. You are bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants, a touque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees in 3 feet ofsnow in a -35 blizzard, your eyelashes are frozen together, your nose is running, you can't feel your toes, and you still stop at 7 Eleven for a Slurpee on the way home.

A Canadian Soldier was attending some university courses between
deployments. He had completed tours in Bosnia, and just returned from
Afghanistan .

One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked
to the ceiling and flatly stated,

"God, if you are real, then I want you to knock
me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes.

" The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop.

Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God.
I'm still
waiting.

" It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Soldier got out
of his chair, went up to the professor, and punched him; knocking him
off
the platform.

The professor was out cold.

The Soldier went back to his seat and sat there, silently.

The other students were shocked and sat there looking on in silence.

The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the
Soldier and asked,

"What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

The Soldier calmly replied,

"God was too busy today protecting Canadas soldiers, who are
protecting your right to say that, so he sent me"