# I'm no longer a New Englander! I'm now a Phoenician!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-new-englander-im-now-a-phoenician/285978 "2005-01-21T21:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-new-englander-im-now-a-phoenician/285978/21 "2005-01-22T22:20:13Z")

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It’s 10 degrees here and snowing hard, so I think you’ve made a good choice! 🙂

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-new-englander-im-now-a-phoenician/285978/22 "2005-01-23T03:59:48Z")

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> [@AnatomicallyCorrect](#):
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> Welcome to AZ, but please resist the urge to blather about the ridiculous “but it’s a dry heat” cliche. By the end of August you’ll realize it’s utter bullshit.

S’truth. My standard rejoinder to that old cliche is, “Ask the next salmon you see if he’d prefer being broiled to being poached. He’ll probably say there isn’t a lot of difference – you still wind up on the plate.”

But at least you don’t have to shovel heat.

DD

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