# Today's Random Useless Poll: Summer isn't summer....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 8, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465 "2005-06-08T15:28:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/1 "2005-06-08T15:28:24Z")
untill the first whiff of Coppertone, the smell of a sun warmed dog and the taste of watermelon.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/2 "2005-06-08T15:43:26Z")
The box fans get placed in their assigned windows.
I see the first firefly.
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### Author:  [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/3 "2005-06-08T15:43:41Z")
… without Cheddar Bratwurts, beer, good friends, cookouts, late nights, and naps in hammocks.
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### Author:  [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/4 "2005-06-08T15:48:00Z")
Until you have to eat the ice cream before it melts all over your hand.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/5 "2005-06-08T15:49:33Z")
…until the fat lady sinks…
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### Author:  [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/6 "2005-06-08T16:02:17Z")
until you bring out the smoker for an all day barbecue.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/7 "2005-06-08T16:13:04Z")
until I complain about it being too darn hot. I’ve already past that point.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/8 "2005-06-08T16:16:49Z")
Until I have achieved Full Immersion. In salt water.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/9 "2005-06-08T16:33:50Z")
Until it’s hot at 8 AM.
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### Author:  [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/10 "2005-06-08T16:41:29Z")
Until the first mosquito bite.
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### Author:  [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/11 "2005-06-08T16:41:59Z")
Until I get chlorine pool water up my nose.
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### Author:  [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/12 "2005-06-08T16:54:46Z")
. . . until I shave my armpits. :eek: 😛
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### Author:  [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/13 "2005-06-08T17:25:07Z")
-Without a giant hot-fudge maple nut sundae from Carl’s in Fredericksburg. I don’t care that I have to drive about an hour to get there.
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/14 "2005-06-08T17:29:24Z")
The lawn gets mowed for the first time.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/15 "2005-06-08T17:51:18Z")
The kids all leave and I can sleep past 5:30am!
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/16 "2005-06-08T17:57:25Z")
…until I cut a little hole in a watermelon, fill it with vodka, and chill it overnight to serve to my friends at a cookout!
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/17 "2005-06-08T18:06:55Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> …until I cut a little hole in a watermelon
:eek: :smack: Oh Jesus. My mind went straight to Me, Myself & Irene, and the gutter.
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/18 "2005-06-08T18:06:55Z")
I do a cannonball off my deck into the deep end of the pool.
Kowabunga!
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/19 "2005-06-08T18:48:14Z")
… until the magnolias bloom.
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### Author:  [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-random-useless-poll-summer-isnt-summer/307465/20 "2005-06-08T18:49:36Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> …until the fat lady sinks…
But, I liked her…
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