# The weather here in the DMV orally pleasures various reproductive organs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071 "2018-09-10T00:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/21 "2018-09-10T16:44:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My yard has pretty good drainage, but despite that, the ground in my yard has the consistency of a sponge that can’t absorb another drop of water. In 20 years of living in this house, I’ve never seen the ground like this, to the best of my memory. I don’t think it was even like this after Isabel in 2003. > > And we’re on tap to get a bunch more rain even before whatever contribution Florence makes to our weather. Sure. But the OP is not complaining about his yard. He is complaining about it raining so he can’t go outside and exercise. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/22 "2018-09-10T16:59:22Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Sure. But the OP is not complaining about his yard. He is complaining about it raining so he can’t go outside and exercise. And does going out and exercising necessarily mean on a paved surface? It doesn’t usually mean that for me and the Firebug. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/23 "2018-09-10T17:03:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And does going out and exercising necessarily mean on a paved surface? It doesn’t usually mean that for me and the Firebug. Not sure. I gave up exercising when I retired from the AF 🙂 But yeah, it rained so much he couldn’t exercise in his water-soaked yard. I’ll go with it. Damn you rain!!! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/24 "2018-09-11T00:32:05Z")
Nothing to say aside from a salute to the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/25 "2018-09-11T21:36:30Z")
Except he says it like it’s a bad thing! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/26 "2018-09-11T21:55:26Z")
OMG the weather. I feel like I’ve been kidnapped by Seattle! Four straight days of rain, and the storm isn’t even due here until Friday! Grump, gripe, grumble, growl! > [@Monty](#): > > DC, Maryland, Virginia? When I lived near DC, it was called “The Tri-State Area”. Anyway, [here is a fun entry on the Wiki for tri-state areas in the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area). > [@svd678](#): > > In the old days there used to be farm reports from the DelMarVa peninsula. It seemed a euphonious expression with a definite meaning. Oh Lord, this again? As a lifelong Northern Virginia resident, let me set y’all straight. Acceptable: Near DC (this is the primary go-to for all actual residents) DC region (this goes right up to Baldimer, so a little wider catchment) DC Metro (rarely used in such a way as to be confused with the subway system) Washington Washington Metropolitan Area (for newscasters, mainly) NCR (allowed only if both people are wearing ID badges with this designation) Not Acceptable: DMV (Seriously? The most hated of all government bureaucracies? No!) DelMarVa (This applies to the peninsula only, never to the city or suburbs. DelMarVa = beach) Tri-State-Area (That’s up North, where the Sopranos dump the corpses) > [@digs](#): > > DMV? Really? > Hope that’s an acronym that doesn’t catch on. > > “You live in the CIA? I live near you, in the FBI. (Fredricksburg/Bailey/Isabelle Heights neighborhood). My mom lives in the CostCo (Costanza/Columbia county area).” ROFL! > [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s something people in Virginia say, no one in DC says it and I don’t think I’ve heard anyone from Maryland say it. I’ve never heard ANYONE say it. Don’t go blaming this pile of feces on Virginia! 😉 Also, it sounds too much like “DMZ”, a reference which makes some veterans very uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/27 "2018-09-11T22:02:39Z")
I have to admit, DMZ was my first thought. (Demilitarized zone, for those too young to have heard the term) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/28 "2018-09-11T22:03:20Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I do believe that the Mumber was trying to indicate DC/Maryland/Virginia, but for all I know there is a storm cloud over his Car that is rusting it out… Shoulda got the Tru Coat. ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Innuendo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Textual\_Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Innuendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/29 "2018-09-12T15:35:22Z")
> [@Asylum](#): > > Please stop this! We do not live in the DMV! It is a horrible nickname! Would you want to vacation in the DMV? Well, if you read **Mumber’s** [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861760) on moving away from the area, there’s a good population of former DMV-ers (myself included) who found the area as joyful and harmonious as trips to the actual DMV, so the simile is actually pretty good for those folk who aren’t fans of the place. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/30 "2018-09-12T17:26:02Z")
Weather guy where I live reported a whopping 6% humidity today. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071/31 "2018-09-15T15:35:31Z")
Had to share: Today I actually saw someone refer to Olde Towne Alexandria as “The OTA.” Bless his heart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-here-in-the-dmv-orally-pleasures-various-reproductive-organs/821071.md?page=1)