# Right. Who ordered the snow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403 "2005-11-30T17:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/1 "2005-11-30T17:11:04Z")
It snowed Sunday night/Monday morning. Only a couple of inches, but it was coming down hard in little granules yesterday morning when I left to watch the new Harry Potter movie. There’s still some on the ground. Sure, it’s pretty. But we have some exterior scenes to shoot, plus some pick-ups from earlier shoots. The images won’t match if there’s snow in the new footage! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/2 "2005-11-30T17:17:02Z")
Cypress Hill, I am looking in your direction. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/3 "2005-11-30T17:23:54Z")
Ooops. Sorry, guys. We’ll take it back up here. _makes hand-waving motions_ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/4 "2005-11-30T17:27:14Z")
I’m sorry,\*\* Johnny\*\*. I ordered the snow. You see, since I moved to Seattle, I haven’t had snow for Christmas like I used to back home in Canada. I missed it. I prayed for it. And it came. However, it didn’t stay, here in Seattle. My husband is going to drive me to some snow, for a nice weekend in December, up in Leavenworth. But I wanted a preview, so I ordered some. Humblest apologies. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/5 "2005-11-30T17:40:20Z")
_sigh_ It’s snowing again now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/6 "2005-11-30T17:48:18Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Cypress Hill, I am looking in your direction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/7 "2005-11-30T19:24:33Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > _sigh_ It’s snowing again now. ☹ You can send it out to Santa Fe, if you’d like. I like snow. Precipitation in any form is pretty much always welcomed with open arms here (desert, and all that), and the ski folk will thank you profusely. We’ve only gotten one measly inch so far this year. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/8 "2005-11-30T20:15:57Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Right. Who ordered the snow? Have you been checking out craigslist again? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/9 "2005-11-30T20:45:23Z")
I am sure it was a few dozen school kids with tests coming up. Jim ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/10 "2005-11-30T21:45:19Z")
What snow? It’s sunny over this side of the water! And warm enough that a thick sweater + tshirt will do ya. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/11 "2005-11-30T22:03:47Z")
Sorry, that was me. I think I may have screwed up the location where it should have been delivered. Lat/long is just plain confusing. You can tell them to take it back to Halifax, whatever the co-ordinates are. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/12 "2005-12-01T01:16:05Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > What snow? It’s sunny over this side of the water! And warm enough that a thick sweater + tshirt will do ya. What is snow? What’s a thick sweater? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/13 "2005-12-01T02:27:45Z")
Hub-- “snow” is a lot like when you drop your shave-ice, but without the lilikoi syrup. A “sweater” is like a short, furry mumu, but for the damned. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/14 "2005-12-01T03:45:52Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > A “sweater” is like a short, furry mumu, but for the damned. May I use this as a sig, with proper attribution? I’m at work, and reading it caused me to burst into laughter. The sound of several people turning to see what was the matter with me was audible. (Their computer chairs squeaked.) ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/15 "2005-12-01T04:27:40Z")
But of course! I’ve gotten several chuckles from the dope today so I’m glad to contribute to the gross domestic happiness. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/16 "2005-12-01T04:44:11Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > But of course! > I’ve gotten several chuckles from the dope today so I’m glad to contribute to the gross domestic happiness. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/17 "2005-12-06T16:00:42Z")
Woohoo! The snow is gone! 🙂 Unfortunately, we can’t shoot the scenes we need until next week. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/18 "2005-12-06T16:15:32Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Woohoo! The snow is gone! 🙂 > > Unfortunately, we can’t shoot the scenes we need until next week. Great you sent it out East. I had 7 inches this morning to deal with. The kids said thanks though. Jim ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/19 "2005-12-07T05:07:09Z")
Whoever ordered the snow: can you please send some my way? It’s 39º here and I’m melting. ---
**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403/20 "2005-12-07T05:19:17Z")
Last week (I forget exactly which day) I was monitoring a class that was working on a hands-on computer applications assignment. The students were all concentrating on a rather complication Access assignment, and I was just wandering around answering questions as they came up. I happened to look out the window about 20 minutes before class was over, and saw that white flakes were falling from the sky. The weather forecast had predicted possible flurries, so I wasn’t really surprised, but I announced “It’s snowing!” in what was meant to be a happy, definitely-not-concerned tone of voice. After all, nothing was sticking to the ground, and the forecast was for “flurries.” One of the students–someone who really _needed_ the extra 20 minutes of help on the assignment–announced that she had to leave immediately, since she wanted to make sure she could get home before the roads became impassible. I told her nothing was sticking, but she ran out the door as fast as her feet could carry her. Fifteen minutes later, the white stuff stopped falling out of the sky, the sun came out, and there was absolutely no evidence of any kind of snow. During class today, I happened to look out the window and saw white flakes falling again. I glanced at this student (who was still working on the assignment that was due _yesterday_), then consciously chose not to point out the “white stuff” to the class. Given that it was over before class ended, I doubt she ever knew that it “snowed” today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-who-ordered-the-snow/333403.md?page=2)