1. The World Cup - kissing strangers/usually involves alcohol
2. The Second World War during The Blitz - when people united against the Jerries and produced illegitimate offspring in Underground/Air Raid Shelters
3. Taking E at a Club: "I love you so much man." Doesn't really count.
4. Blizzard Like Conditions
Since we have had snow blizzards here in Baltimore since Friday and snow up to our waists I have seen many people shovelling snow in their front yards in our street who I have never clapped eyes on before. Surprisingly we are all talking to each other about stuff - communicating if you well on topics such as - how there are only tinned peas left in the local supermarket (all the flour and Pot Noodle has sold out WHY? Is it a conspiracy? Are the bakers baking with the flour and the pot heads consuming the Pot Noodle or what is going on?) - united in our moment of hell.
The first reaction of most Americans when confronted with two feet of snow is to drive and it has certainly been amusing to watch many cars stuck in the snow, their wheels a-spinning.
There are also a few comedians doing cross country skiing in the street. You know the types:
"Just because it's snowing it doesn't prevent me doing my workout."
Yes of course I am going mad. Alcohol only goes so far in easing the pain and cabin fever. I could go for a walk but I'd end up like a giant snowball rolling down the hill.
Okay things are getting desperate here... let's have ideas for a snowbound lady with zero patience and two kids off school all week.
BTW this was after the first snowfall, we are now in the middle of the second. Good times!!
Johns Hopkins University where my husband works is peopled by ubernerds who typically sit in the library 24/7 actually studying rather than chatting about what pub to go later which was rather more my pace. The university has been closed all week to the consternation of many. So some enterprising students made this video about the situation which is pretty funny considering it was produced by ubernerds!
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I haven't been in snow like that since I lived in Michigan. [sigh]
You've sold out of Pot Noodle? Just what kind of ass-backwards Neanderthal society are you living in? It's the food of the devil I tell you, the devil! It's only good for gritting roads... ah, now all becomes clear.
I avoided the entire it's-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it shopping experience in advance of the storm here on Long Island where, yes, people behave like idiots. I knew I had a sufficient supply of beer, wine, tuna fish and pet food so what the hey. The calories won't matter because I'm shoveling for all I'm worth (even though we didn't get the first 2 foot/3 foot storm over the weekend. What am I doing? Blogging. Reading emails. Petting my cat Hedwig and drinking wine! But mostly reading, reading, reading. As for what people seemed to be buying? All my neighbors were unloading monster supplies of toilet paper.
Now, really, do they think this is the next ice age, or what?
It's 33C here today.
:-)
I bet those whiny Canadians over in sun-drenched Vancouver are looking at all your lovely snow and saying, 'What a c*nt !!!'
Or they would be if they knew how to swear properly...
That snow looks just beautiful - none here in London sadly.
Kate xx
xl....I have to say I rather enjoyed it because in the UK we always just got about a piddling inch of slush. This is the real deal and it was funny seeing people driving in a snow blizzard yesterday WHY?
Steve....The trucks could not get to the stores because the snow was waist high!!
All banks etc were closed and some enterprising robbers raided a bank and then their car got stranded in a snow bank. ha ha
lise....hilarious the way everyone was panicking!! Although my snowshovel is now broken and the hardware store has run out of shovels so if I had some I could sell them for $200 a pop to desperate people.
unique stephen.....on the downside you have no water in australia. I'll send you a boatload of snow
fingers....this is as close as I will ever get to being in the Blitz. Those were the days eh shagging in air raid shelters? Powdered egg sandwiches, bras made out of parachutes, condoms made of shoe leather ...seriously I wish I'd been there! born sixty years too late alas
As for the winter olympics it sounds pretty boring I suppose you are going to watch in the hope of a wardrobe malfunction like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4sm99V3RJ8
Kate....yeah the snow is quite fun all things considered
Doing E's in a club? Tststs. No wonder mommy has a headache.
I suggest you make a big, roaring fire and roast yourself like a kebab. Get so hot and sweaty that you'll race outside and cavort naked in the snow. Take pictures and show us if you want
That's real snow, the sort that I'd like. Belgium doesn't get that much:( I love the idea of cross-country skiing to get from A to B - better than trying to get anywhere in a car. Why do people insist on driving in icy/snowy/both conditions?
metropolitanmum......Ha ha
the closest I have come to taking an E in a club is taking a WEE in a club
Zed.....They were driving in blizzards and crashing into post boxes they couldn't see - and just because they were bored and fancied a cup of coffee
Gorilla Bananas...I am covering myself in chocolate and marshmallows and roasting myself like a S'mores kebab
Now why can't you send some of that snow to the Winter Olympics where they are actually importing the stuff?
hetty sorrel...lol where are they importing it from? I think I will see if I can send my excess snow to Vancuver via Ebay!
Pot Noodle shortage?
That is a bridge too far...
I am not keen on the Doner Kebab version but that Bombay Bad Boy...despite the dodgy title does provide a tasty repast at a work lunch-break from time to time.
And to think I complain about the piddling little amount of snow which falls here!
Have a good weekend over there
Ours has melted.
I had a glacier. It was just a little glacier, but I was proud of it.
It had potential.
We've had ore snow in Aberdeen than I can ever remember this year. Personally I love it- because it looks great and for the other reason you describe- it brings out the neighbourly spirit in us all.
Another reason is that my dog loves snow like nothing else- he is hilarious, bounding about in in it and sticking his face in it and sneezing every few seconds. Ours has gone now, but I'm hoping we'll get another blizzard or two before the winter is over.
You could build an igloo with the kids.
The Pot Noodle containers would make good flower pots for the spring thaw. The ground will still be too hard for the seedlings.
I recommend Bombay Bad Boy for mustard plants. Donor Kebab for chillis.
Wow! Now that's snow - I love that people's first reaction is to drive! In the UK we only need an inch or two and nobody does anything for about a week. Very annoying.
Can you send the children out to dig a tunnel to the nearest shop for emergency wine supplies? It would get them out of your hair AND they'd be doing something useful. It could be an adventure...
Lost Jimmy....I ate Pot Noodle by the ton while I was pregnant the first time - maybe that's why I put on 50 lbs! It's not as healthy as it looks even if you buy the veggie version ;)
garfer
.....Ours will melt ooh in about three weeks. So far we have six foot tall high piles of grey icy snow.
Misssy M...
First we had neighbourly spirit,
then everyone dug out their parking space and put a chair in it to reserve it and now there are vicious fights if someone dares to park in one's 'own' parking space. The car has made us all angry. Luckily my street is nowhere near anywhere popular so so far I have been able to park in my own space.
El-Kevo...
Yeah they built a bleedin igloo and tracked snow all over the house. Today they are back at school and I will relax with a large Baileys. I deserve it!!
I will try the Pot Noodle as fertilizer.
slummysinglemummy...
Can you send the children out to dig a tunnel to the nearest shop for emergency wine supplies?
My goodness that is genius. Will get on it. They can carry back supplies like pack mules.
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