I receive a lot of input from family and friends who are in the farming community about just how things are run in rural Saskatchewan. I was raised in Estevan but had (and still do) have acquaintances in the "field" that like to keep me "informed".
One of my acquaintances recently sent this to me and I thought I would pass it along to my readers. It pretty well sums up any non-believers on the subject. Enjoy!
It's entitled, JUST SO YOU KNOW..........THE RULES OF RURAL SASKATCHEWAN ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap straight, your head isn't crooked.
3. Let's get this straight; it's called a 'dirt road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of my way.
4. They are cattle. They're live steaks. That's why they smell funny to you. But they smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? Hwy 1 goes east and west, Hwy 6 goes north and south. Pick one and leave.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $395,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. So every person in rural Saskatchewan waves. It's called 'being friendly', try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while an eight-point buck and three does are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah, we eat meat and potatoes. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer hunting season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for ladies. That is applied to all ladies, regardless of age.
11. There's little here for 'vegetarians' on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham & turkey.
12. Our meals have three main dishes: meat, vegetables and potatoes. We use three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
13. You bring 'coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice.
14. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck and have long hair.
15. Saskatchewan Hockey League and Minor Hockey is as important here as the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers and more fun to watch.
16. We have more golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world. But don't hit the water hazards -- it spooks the fish.
17. Three inches of snow & ice isn't a blizzard - it's a vacation. The pickups with snow blades and tractors with snow blowers will have you out the next day.
A true Saskatchewanian will not only enjoy this, but will share it.
Facebook Saying of the Week: In life, we must always find out things straight from the horse's mouth and not listen to the jackass spreading the gossip. (I like that one!)
