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June 01, 2003
Supposedly the Eskimos have a
Supposedly the Eskimos have a hundred different ways to say snow. Dry snow, wet snow, dandruff snow. I'm thinking that New Yorkers should develop some new words to describe the types of rain.
Needed:
Rain that only occurs on weekends when you want to do something outdoors and stops as soon as you're back at work
Rain that feels like it is February, when actually it is June 1
Prescient rain that knows you forgot your umbrella
Prescient rain that knows you have your umbrella and simply looms menacingly
Rain that lasts just long enough to make all the dog poop on the streets extra mushy
Rain that gushes out of every meteorological orifice
Rain that is brought underground by the trains, streaking across the steel bodies
Rain that rolls across your bald head on a hot summer day, slowly rolling in cool rivers down to your shoulders, soaking your shirt, soaking everything: I like that rain.
Rain that stealthily clings to the tree limbs until dislodged by your proximity
Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day. Please.
Posted by G at June 1, 2003 10:31 PM
Comments
How about that rain that is heavier than a drizzle but still light enough to be blown up under your umbrella, rendering the umbrella useless and soaking you from head to toe.
Posted by: Mike at June 5, 2003 06:06 PM
OOH! OOH! It's up -n- running! YAY! And yer even an .org, Glenn! Congrats!
Posted by: Lee at June 5, 2003 07:01 PM
I should have added the downpour that gets the dog wet. This is the best kind, because she immediately jumps onto my bed.
Posted by: Glenno at June 5, 2003 08:05 PM
Actually, the eskimo myth about the different words for snow is a lie.
Posted by: pfister at June 7, 2003 02:37 AM
Damn. Just like other pivotal moments in my childhood, all manufactured by Disney. Eskimos are probably like us. Snow. Damned snow. Really cold snow. Slushy snow. Snow business like show business.
Posted by: Glenno at June 8, 2003 02:37 AM