# It's so hot that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779 "2006-07-31T21:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/1 "2006-07-31T21:26:23Z")
My fingernails are sweating. Your turn. (Wisconsin, I think it’s about 100 degrees right now) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/2 "2006-07-31T21:29:44Z")
… I’m staying late at work because we have air conditioning… ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/3 "2006-07-31T21:30:46Z")
I’m so hot that… I’ve got nothing. It’s chilly and overcast here with a high of 77. 😃 Off to find some wood to knock. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/4 "2006-07-31T21:44:08Z")
> [@BrattiAtti](#): > > I’m so hot that… > > I’ve got nothing. It’s chilly and overcast here with a high of 77. 😃 > > Off to find some wood to knock. Could you go outside and flap your arms towards the US midwest? ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/5 "2006-07-31T21:48:35Z")
At work we HAD to buy air conditioners because the temperature exceeded Union rules. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/6 "2006-07-31T21:52:21Z")
Last weekend, it was so hot \*(how hot was it?) \* It was so hot that propane wouldn’t come out of the tank so I could light the grill. I had to cool the tank by running the garden hose over it for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/7 "2006-07-31T21:55:45Z")
It’s so hot that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and they were both walking. Thank you Johnny Carson, circa 1977. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/8 "2006-07-31T21:57:46Z")
It’s so hot the trees are whistling for the dogs. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/9 "2006-07-31T21:58:20Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > It’s so hot that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and they were both walking. > > Thank you Johnny Carson, circa 1977. Heh! Good-old-Johnny ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/10 "2006-07-31T22:00:50Z")
It’s so hot that yo mama had to go to Sea World to get baptized! Oh wait. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/11 "2006-07-31T22:15:33Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > It’s so hot the trees are whistling for the dogs. Funny! It me awhile to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/12 "2006-07-31T22:17:54Z")
It’s so hot that Baskin Robbins is selling 31 flavors of cream! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/13 "2006-07-31T22:30:22Z")
It’s so hot that in crossing the street I had to wade through the asphalt. It’s so hot that the Sahara called to laugh at me. It’s so hot that my teacup has condensation on it. It’s so hot that on the way home from the supermarket, dinner had cooked itself. It’s so hot that my running shoes were leaving skid marks. Walking. It’s so hot that even my perspiration is sweating. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/14 "2006-07-31T22:34:36Z")
It’s so hot I threw a live chicken up into the air and the Colonel begged me for my recipe. It’s so hot I stopped making sense about a week ago. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/15 "2006-07-31T22:42:39Z")
This is Canada’s fault isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/16 "2006-07-31T23:36:03Z")
> [@indecisive1](#): > > This is Canada’s fault isn’t it? Yes. We stole all of your cool air. How else do you think that we could make it only 40 degrees up here? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/17 "2006-08-01T01:49:15Z")
It is so hot that I think the cats have set up a shanty town in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/18 "2006-08-01T03:49:21Z")
It is so hot, we left the oven door open to cool the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/19 "2006-08-01T16:09:25Z")
Ha! This is true: It’s so hot that my mother’s house – currently empty because she’s on vacation – with the A/C set on 87 degrees last night was cooler than it was outside. That doesn’t sound quite so funny as Johnny, but it amazed me last night when I went to turn it back down to normal for her return today. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779/20 "2006-08-01T16:19:38Z")
It’s so hot the jackrabbits in our pasture are wearing canteens. It’s so hot we steamed bratwursts for dinner last night – in the horse tank. It’s so hot, the only thing the field mice took from our kitchen are the little umbrellas my wife puts in her margaritas. (And this one’s no joke) It’s so hot the barrel cactus in my wife’s rock garden died. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-so-hot-that/366779.md?page=2)