Poll: How do you greet winter?

[Sarmos]

Now, I know I'm practically cutting off anyone who dosent have snow in they're lives, (aka, any country thats in the far southern hemisphere) but up here in the eastern part of Canada, we just got wholloped by a rather larger snowstorm for the first snow of the year. Not to mention the freak snow-storm that hit the north-east coast of the states not too long ago.

But, heres the kicker.

Me, I own a house. I go to work. I do a heckload of shoveling to get my car out of the driveway. Although I like winter, I dread snow for the very tasks as it makes everything about my life harder. (I work as a delivery driver, so therefore, snow and ice are my deathtrap. sometimes literally.)

My girlfriends reaction though, was hysterically happy. She loves it. Mostly for the reason of it cancels school for her.

This got me thinking. Not too long ago, I was in school too. and I loved when it snowed for that very reason. But once I graduated and bought my own place, my whole idea and vision of it changed.

My question to you Escapists, is your opinion on winter? And after you got out of school and started with "responsibilities" did your opinion of it change?

 

[Roofstone]

Snowball fight, always the snowball fight. At the most there is like 140 of us who gather out on a field after building snow forts.

Yes, it is awesome, seeing as we make trenches and keep it up almost all day. We can't even remember how it got started, it is just sort of a tradition around here. Everybody knows about the yearly snowball war.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

i greet winter the same way i greet prostitutes.
hard fucking then i slip out before i need to pay for my actions.

that and not go to school.

 

[SkullKing84]

Its not winter until i've peed my name into the snow. =D

 

[CheesyGrin1992]

None of those options, for you see I have what is known as Chionophobia. I have a genuine fear of snow. If I'm out in snow for too long or even if I look at it too much, it can bring on panic attacks, which usually lead to me passing out. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be actual snow; snow on TV programmes and movies have led to the panic attacks and fainting. So yeah, I greet winter by cowering underneath the bed sheets and begging it to go away...

 

[mitchell271]

I greet winter with open arms! I live in Ottawa, Canada, so if I hate winter, I'm screwed. Plus, snowball fights!

nice QC reference btw

 

[sky14kemea]

I've always hated snow, even when it did cancel school. After a few days of everyone walking on it, the snow turns to ice, and makes the pavements a death trap too. :/

I have a weird fear of slipping on ice, so it makes me incredibly nervous to go out. Usually I walk on the roads if they've been gritted.

So I greet Winter with a dirty look and a very deep sigh.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

With a T-Shirt.
Southern California is basically the same weather the entire year, if I'm honest. I have 2 jackets, one for chilly weather and one for chillier weather.

 

[Brawndo]

In the way of my ancestors: goat sacrifice on the front lawn to ensure good health over the long winter. Usually the cops get called, but then I tell the officer who responds that I have the ACLU on speed dial so he better stop infringing on my goddamn religious rights.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Drunk sledding games ftw

I just saw what i think was snow on the ground outside today, we have been having a bizarrely warm autumn

I remember when i was young and we used to race down the big hill on our kicksleds, building huge jumps out of snow, we actually reached the ceiling edge of our garage once before my kick broke

Sometimes it would get so slippery that you could just slide all the way down the mountain on your shoes

That reminds me to buy a new kick or try to find one in grandma's garage

 

[everythingbeeps]

"Thank christ summer is over."

I don't really LOVE winter, but I hate summer that much that anything is preferable.

But then I get paranoid about driving, because winter's been crazy the last couple years and driving sucks when the roads are always frozen and you drive a small car that weighs like 50 pounds.

 

[Something Amyss]

With a blowtorch.

I don't mind snow, but I freaking HATE ice!

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

With rolled up sleeves and a t-shirt.
Do your worst, winter. I'm northern.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

Well, pre-winter I reflect on Ned Stark's warning, and during Winter I generally just hide inside by the radiator.

 

[SirDenim]

Swan dive into the snowbank. Naked.

 

[Evil Top Hat]

I'm not out of school, but I love snow purely because it looks so nice. I don't particularily like going out in it, I just like to be in doors with a hot drink of some kind, possibly reading a book or playing some video games with the nice view and atmosphere. It's exactly the same reason I love the rain.

Although, I'd be lying if I said my first reaction to the word "snow" wasn't "they might cancel school!".

Yeah you can call me childish, but until you've had my chemistry teacher you don't know what hell is.

 

[Shadow flame master]

With huge amounts of cursing.

I live in a fairly warm area in the US(Mississippi if you have to know) and I love the heat. But for some reason, the winters here get too cold for me. Yes, I love it when school is out due to icy conditions, but having the wind(which blows in every direction)blow in my face, causes my to get bone cold.

This doesn't mean that I hate winter itself, I just hate alot of the cold and icy weather it brings. Also, even though the temperature gets around to the 30s, I'm not good with weather like that when your home is up in the 80s to 90s year round.

 

[Sarmos]

nice QC reference btw

Heh. I wondered how many people would catch that. One of my favorite webcomics.

None of those options, for you see I have what is known as Chionophobia. I have a genuine fear of snow. If I'm out in snow for too long or even if I look at it too much, it can bring on panic attacks, which usually lead to me passing out. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be actual snow; snow on TV programmes and movies have led to the panic attacks and fainting. So yeah, I greet winter by cowering underneath the bed sheets and begging it to go away...

That's actually.... really interesting. I had no idea even sucha phobia exsisted. I pity you greatly if you live anywhere in the Northern hemisphere then.

It's been two days now and I'm still shoveling out my back deck from under two and a half feet of snow.... -sigh-

 

[CheesyGrin1992]

nice QC reference btw

Heh. I wondered how many people would catch that. One of my favorite webcomics.

None of those options, for you see I have what is known as Chionophobia. I have a genuine fear of snow. If I'm out in snow for too long or even if I look at it too much, it can bring on panic attacks, which usually lead to me passing out. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be actual snow; snow on TV programmes and movies have led to the panic attacks and fainting. So yeah, I greet winter by cowering underneath the bed sheets and begging it to go away...

That's actually.... really interesting. I had no idea even sucha phobia exsisted. I pity you greatly if you live anywhere in the Northern hemisphere then.

It's been two days now and I'm still shoveling out my back deck from under two and a half feet of snow.... -sigh-

Yeah, I live in the UK. Been putting up with it since I was about 6 or 7. Used to be a lot worse, since it used to be that even the slightest ground frost or a patch of ice could set off the panic attacks and faints. Gotten better as I've grown up so it's just snow now, but the weather has gotten worse too. Moved further north for university. Last year we were a foot or two under snow for weeks. That was... difficult. I can sort of cope with it but it's still really difficult. Winter is a constant struggle to keep the panic attacks under control.

As for never hearing about it... I realised how rare it is when I went to see a therapist about it a few years back and he hadn't ever had a patient with it before. Needless to say he wasn't much help.