I have learned all sorts of strange things since moving here.
I know what it means to get “doored.” (Think bike rider meets car door when car owner can’t be bothered to check mirror.) No, it hasn’t happened to me but it is pretty common.
I know that when you are trying to park a car in the winter, you should not move lawnchairs, milk crates, paper bags, or other “spot savers” unless you want suger in your gas tank or a big dent on your hood.
I know that snow days don’t happen here until the public buses aren’t running. Too many people who attend public school do not have back up child care. If kids can’t get to their regular school, they can go to the nearest school and sit in a classroom of strangers all day.I guess too many 5 year olds would be left home alone and too many kids of all ages would be short 2 meals that day without school.
Also, everything here is better when a sexual innuendo is involved. I guess that’s univeral, though.
I am sure there will be a part 2 to this post eventually…
January 21, 2009 at 7:04 am
Mmmmm….chubby weiners.
That IS strange about the snow days. But, at least the children who would otherwise be left alone have someplace safe to go.
January 21, 2009 at 10:23 am
Last week when the windchill was so bad, a lot of people didn’t take their kids to school, including me. My teacher friends said that on those days, they are pretty much babysitters.
Chubby Wieners is right around the corner from me. They have awesome Chicago-style hot dogs! I am totally hooked on them!
January 23, 2009 at 11:59 am
After leaving Chicagoland, I was baffled (and hope that most people are) that in DC and Virginia, we get maybe 2 inches (2″) of snow and everything shuts down——schools, the government, buses, everything. It was mystifyingly aggravating!! The reason? DC’s snow plows don’t work. Or, maybe they’ll have a few that do work, but it won’t be enough or in time to get things moving.
Chicago knows what to do when the weather kicks in; DC throws its collective arms up and shrieks.