things that weird me out

[deird1]

There are ads for ambulance-chasing lawyers EVERYWHERE.

You guys flip lightswitches UP to turn them on, instead of down.

When Canadians say "this is closed for winter", what they really mean is "this will not be open until summer".

Cars only have numberplates on the back, instead of front and back.

"Sausage" means anything made of sausage meat, rather than actual sausages.

Turning right on red is something I knew about in advance, but it is still an utterly crazy concept that freaks me out whenever I do it.

Squirrels can be BLACK! I had no idea.

Comments

[lizbee]

"Sausage" means anything made of sausage meat, rather than actual sausages.

Nomenclature aside, I wish we could buy the sorts of highly spiced sausage meat you can get in the US. Making it myself is never the same.

Turning right on red is something I knew about in advance, but it is still an utterly crazy concept that freaks me out whenever I do it.

Like ... when you get a green arrow or a "turn left any time with care" sign? But you have to assume????

[deird1]

Yep! Lights are all red, and you just move into the intersection. Utterly terrifying.

[beroli]

You're in the rightmost lane and you merge into the cars going from your left to your right, as you would if you were changing lanes.

I would guess that it's functionally identical to a "turn left any time with care" sign, except that it's the default here and we instead have "no right turn on red" signs at intersections where it's not allowed.

(You can never turn left on red here. I can't speak for everyone's driving lessons but my teacher drilled it in really hard: NEVER turn left on red.)