# To me, nothing says Spring like... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850 "2008-03-10T17:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/41 "2008-03-10T21:46:20Z")
Peeps! Sugary artificially colored marshmallow goodness! Peeps! Left out on the counter for a week to get good and stale! Peeps! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/42 "2008-03-10T23:46:25Z")
[Skunk cabbage!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Skunk_Cabbage) Don’t squash it. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/43 "2008-03-11T00:57:22Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Well? I need ideas for a painting. [/QUOTE] What do I think about when I think of spring? Rep reviews for merit increases and 2nd quarter training sessions. … What??? I’m a corporate manager, that’s the kind of stuff we think about. I’m not sure how you’re gona paint it though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/44 "2008-03-11T01:07:45Z")
Spring is sprung The grass is green They say the birds are on the wing Now isn’t that absurd? I thought the wings were on the bird! My mother said that every spring when I was growing up. To me, any picture of spring needs to show newness. By the time everything is green . . .that’s summer. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/45 "2008-03-11T01:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] [Skunk cabbage!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Skunk_Cabbage) Don’t squash it. [/QUOTE] Next to them you’ll find the [Marsh Marigolds.](http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/marshmarigold.html) You’ll go deaf or mad from the volume of the frogs by them too. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/46 "2008-03-11T01:52:02Z")
Baseball. And if you paint a decent pic of a girl playing catch with your dad, I might just buy it from ya. Serious! ---
**Author:** ![Salmo\_Trutta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Salmo\_Trutta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salmo_Trutta)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/47 "2008-03-11T02:34:01Z")
How about noisy kids playing in the wet street or brown yard in shorts and short sleeves. In the background are piles of dirty melting snow…That’s spring to me. (Or at least the first teases of spring) It’s always nice to hear them having fun, scraping knees and making a general mess of things. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/48 "2008-03-11T04:30:03Z")
[Wild Mustard](http://www.pcimagenetwork.com/vineyard/vineyard16.html). Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/49 "2008-03-11T04:54:08Z")
Freesias Actuarial exams The October Labour Day long weekend ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/50 "2008-03-11T05:32:42Z")
Daffodils, jonquils and their kin. Green grass and no mud. Gonna be another month, I fear. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/51 "2008-03-11T13:17:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] Freesias Actuarial exams The October Labour Day long weekend [/QUOTE] I always seem to forget you folks down under. You’ve got a long way to go before spring. Weird hijack: Is there an Australian equivalent of Groundhog Day? If a joey peeks his head out of the pouch on August 2nd and sees his shadow, do you get 6 more weeks of winter? Sorry about that. Random thoughts seem to bounce around in my head when the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/52 "2008-03-12T06:13:00Z")
[QUOTE=Slypork] I always seem to forget you folks down under. You’ve got a long way to go before spring. [/quote] Hooray. Autumn is upon us. Daylight saving ends in a few weeks’ time and we can get into winter, which I like. > [@Slypork](#): > > Is there an Australian equivalent of Groundhog Day? No ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850/53 "2008-03-12T08:48:53Z")
How about a kid excitedly brushing off something he had to put away for the winter? The rollerblades, the baseball mitt, etc. Spring also makes me think about rain. And about re-roofing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-me-nothing-says-spring-like/440850.md?page=2)