# The ABC's Of A Canadian Winter **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 17, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103 "2003-01-17T00:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/21 "2003-01-17T07:39:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\* > > S is for Static Guard - I think Calgary must be the company’s largest customer for this miracle product. \*\* And also for Sabian: good cymbals from New Brunswick. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/22 "2003-01-17T07:42:12Z")
P is for poutine. Nothing to do with winter, really, but it just fascinates me endlessly. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/23 "2003-01-17T08:28:06Z")
F is for _Frette_ (colder). **detop’s** guide to Québec cold terminology : [ul] [li] Frais : cool[/li][li]Froid : cold[/li][li]Frette : colder[/li][li]Frette en tabarnak : cold that will freeze the balls of a brass monkey[/li][/ul] Alternatively, F is for Freezing rain. ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/24 "2003-01-17T08:44:15Z")
**Snooooopy** said: > [@](#): > > P is for poutine. Nothing to do with winter, really, but it just fascinates me endlessly. Poutine’s a great winter food. I eat as much of it as I can take at this time of year – skinny guy like me needs every ounce of fat he can get in winter. Revised winter alphabet (PEI’s having a cold snap): A: air is cold B: blood is cold C: cold is cold D: damn cold is cold E: everything’s cold F: frig, it’s cold G: gangrene from frostbite 'cause it’s so damn cold H: heart (mine) is cold I: it’s colder than my heart out there J: January is cold K: Kelvin – another way to measure this cold L: long, cold winter (cold, too) M: miserably, miserably cold N: not warm O: oh, did I mention it’s cold? P: purple – my digits and lips. Why, I wonder? Q: quilt upon quilt upon quilt R: radically reduced temperature S: shivering T: tempers rise as thermometer falls U: unbearably cold V: veneer of ice on everthing W: when will it warm up? X: xylopyrography – the hot poker keeps your hands warm and if the wood catches fire, it won’t be so damn cold Y: yesterday was cold, today is colder Z: zip every zipper to it’s zenith and still the cold cold creeps in ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/25 "2003-01-17T10:18:50Z")
D is for doughnut As long as it comes from Tim Hortons with a large cup of freshly brewed coffee… ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/26 "2003-01-17T10:44:21Z")
[http://www.canoe.ca/Weather/CityOttawaON.html](http://www.canoe.ca/Weather/CityOttawaON.html) :eek: I don’t like this winter business one bit. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/27 "2003-01-17T13:51:39Z")
R is for the [Rideau Canal in Ottawa.](http://www.bootsnall.com/cgi-bin/gt/namericatravelguides/ottawa/nov02ottawa.shtml) . At 5 km’s it’s the world’s longest skating rink. Oh, and **LadyDisco** … brrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/28 "2003-01-17T14:01:40Z")
With the lastest calculation of Global Warming, is Baffin Island still on schedule to become the new Costa del Sol by 2100? ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/29 "2003-01-17T14:25:35Z")
Dang its cold here today. First time this winter that: B- Boogers that freeze instantly up your nose C- Celsius which makes things sound so much colder than the imperial measurments. F-Frost which formed on my Moustache as I stepped out the door. S-Stuck which my door was as it had iced up making me late for work. Z- Zipper, which was really cold and I was dumb enough to go free this morning… ooooo ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/30 "2003-01-17T14:37:05Z")
T is for three-hundred-sixty degree skid. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/31 "2003-01-17T14:40:35Z")
Well, in Winterpeg, winter has finally arrived. We’ve been bouncing from -25C to highs of -15C and all I can say is “IT’S ABOUT TIME!!” I’m one of the few, the chosen, the strong 🙂 , who like winter. I wait for it. I detest summers. I find that one can only take off so many clothes before the neighbours start calling the police. But you can always be warm if you know how to dress. I worked construction for 8 years and loved the cold. Loved the way it bit into you first thing in the morning. The way it could literally take your breath away the first step outside. You all may prefer the microwave but as for me, I’ll choose the freezer anytime. ---
**Author:** ![queen\_bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e9c0ed/32.png) [@queen\_bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/queen_bee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/32 "2003-01-17T17:44:04Z")
hrmmm this is my first winter in Edmonton. Just moved here from Vancouver. The first couple of times it got cold, it was a novelty. I actually got excited. volunteered to shovel the driveway, brush the snow off the car. Now that my lips are peeling, my skin is peeling, my face is peeling and everytime i touch the door I get shocked to high heaven, I am not quite as enarmoured. i never thought i would say this, but I miss the rain! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/33 "2003-01-17T17:50:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*No, Raygun, I’m no longer in Calgary (which I consider to be on the Prairies). I’ve moved to Maryland, and am freezing my ass off. \*\* **Ginger** , I can relate. I kept getting cold in Vancouver of all places, until I realized that _it’s colder than it looks!_ In Calgary and Montreal when it gets to ten degrees, shit starts dying outside. Not in these lush places we now live! It took me four years to reset my climatological senses so that I no longer trust a quick glance out the window to figure out how cold it really is. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/34 "2003-01-17T17:55:03Z")
Current temperature here in Gainesville: 7 Centigrade. Am very glad I will not have to go outside for another hour or two. Am also very glad I’ve kept jacket, sweater, flannel, and scarf at office. Am utterly horrified at the thought of living in Canada. At least during the winter. But maybe you didn’t need to know this. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/35 "2003-01-17T18:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by featherlou_ > **S is for Static Guard - I think Calgary must be the company’s largest customer for this miracle product.** Move a bit further north, and you’ve got it right. Like, to 62 degrees North. Wal-Mart has a whole aisle of the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103/36 "2003-01-17T18:58:50Z")
Can I complain, too? It got down to 26F here last night… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abcs-of-a-canadian-winter/149103.md?page=1)