# Unconventional Signs of Spring **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197 "2006-04-04T04:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/41 "2006-04-07T20:09:19Z")
Signs of Spring: It’s too damn hot in Florida, again. (You’ll know it’s summer when you can’t breathe.) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/42 "2006-04-07T20:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Signs of Spring: It’s too damn hot in Florida, again. (You’ll know it’s summer when you can’t breathe.) [/QUOTE] AMEN. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/43 "2006-04-08T07:14:51Z")
tiger swallowtail butterflies ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/44 "2006-04-08T07:27:59Z")
It must be spring: I (the Maritime Canadian) am throwing open the windows when it’s 55 degrees, wearing a tanktop, sleeping on top of the sheets at night, and complaining about how balmy it is, while my husband sits silently, nippin’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/45 "2006-04-08T08:21:55Z")
My cat killed a bird. ☹ When people fall asleep in class and the teacher opens the window to wake them up, they stay asleep. people have “omg my allergies are the WORST! I should have stayed home today” “mine are even worserer! I usually take ninety four pills but didn’t today and so they’re terrible! maybe I’ll go home early today!” “well I took all my ninety-four pills and my allergies are STILL worse than yours! I think I’m going to die right now!” contests while waiting for class to start. if I put my hair in a way that isn’t tightly styled (like if I straighten it or curl it or plait it the night before so that it’s all wavy) it gets flat and frizzy and I look like a crazy hoosier girl within like twenty minutes. That happened today and I thought, “damn. must be spring.” Seniors are going nuts because they want to get out of school and have a lot to think about. Sno-cone stands! yay for sno-cones! I hate sno cones, but I like having a place to walk with people. suntans. Everyone’s talking about tanning so that they don’t burn in the summer. I, for one, plan on wearing sunscreen and burning anyway. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/46 "2006-04-09T00:49:19Z")
I can hear the mom next door hollering at her kids again. The screaming goes on year round, but during winter we keep our windows closed. Poor young’uns. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/47 "2006-04-09T01:08:46Z")
It’s spring because the students in my third grade class are staring to wear shorts, but still being forced by their moms to bring a coat to school. It’s spring because I have my first bouquet of flowers from the yard on my coffee table. The tulips and daffodils bloomed earlier, but I don’t cut them for indoor decor. My first vase full today was mainly [spirea](http://home.earthlink.net/~stitone/cinco/spirea.jpg), apple blossoms, and huge pink azaleas. Oh, and I cleaned the carpets. A sure sign that the spring/summer entertaining season is here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/48 "2006-04-09T01:12:47Z")
its spring because my apartment complex is a stones-throw away from the town’s Little League field, so on weekends I am awoken by _ping_ (cheers and shouts) _ping_ (more cheering) _ping_ ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/49 "2006-04-09T01:52:03Z")
My two are when the local frozen custard stand opens for the season and when the drive-in opens. We’ve been for milkshakes once so far, and we’re waiting for the drive-in to show something better than “Larry the Cable Guy”. OTOH, I’m wearing sweats because it’s cold outside. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/50 "2006-04-09T03:43:28Z")
The best sign happened today - it’s spring because Yo Burrito has their pineapple salsa back! The tomatillo is fine, but I wait with baited breath for the pineapple. It’s seasonal. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/51 "2006-04-09T04:35:47Z")
The sound of “flip flop flip flop” as flip flops make their annual reappearance. If you live in a student area, students migrating outdoors and the reappearance of stolen couch reports as people try to light up the night by burning your couch. (Yah, been there! Though I have never personally torched on apparently my backyard was a good place to do it) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/52 "2006-04-09T10:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] _Far Side_ cartoon: ‘Kids! Kids! The slugs are back!’ [/QUOTE] That’s one of my all-time Larson faves. If I knew what book it was in, I’d buy that book, just for that cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/53 "2006-04-09T15:45:42Z")
I no longer have to chip away rock-hard iceballs to clean my horse’s feet. Instead, I have to scrape away sticky, congealed mud/straw/manure globs to \*find \* her feet before I can clean them. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197/54 "2006-04-09T17:38:39Z")
I can look at pretty women’s feet without a credit card! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-signs-of-spring/351197.md?page=2)