# Who's up for sledding? Or a snowball fight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976 "2011-07-22T13:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/21 "2011-07-25T13:57:45Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, that explains the plastic money, road trains, and two-dollar coins… Speaking of which, I was quite annoyed when I went to Montreal last month and no one gave me a loony. (Loonie?) I got lots and lots of toonies, but apparently all everyone had less than that were quarters. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/22 "2011-07-25T16:17:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Speaking of which, I was quite annoyed when I went to Montreal last month and no one gave me a loony. (Loonie?) I got lots and lots of toonies, but apparently all everyone had less than that were quarters. What’s up with that? Maybe they were being rerouted to be laundry change? 🙂 (It’s ‘loonie’.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/23 "2011-07-25T16:19:21Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Maybe they were being rerouted to be laundry change? 🙂 > > (It’s ‘loonie’.) Thanks, because i know what a “Loony” is. 🙂 I was fascinated by the thread recently about what you all put in your strippers’ underwear if you don’t have dollar bills. (Well, not you personally, but you know what I mean.) I don’t know if we ever got a final answer on that. And everyone is taking my money for their laundry??? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/24 "2011-07-26T21:01:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > This is [the town](http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/170572/cold-snap-harshest-16-years) where I grew up, today. And in the article, they mention that Christchurch got the brunt of the blizzard! Geez, those guys just can’t catch a break these days - earthquakes, blizzards…I guess I will have to call my friends there again and see when the locusts are scheduled to arrive to make this year complete. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/25 "2011-07-26T21:13:10Z")
Actually, today was quite lovely here for a change. The heat has broken, and we’re back to the 70s with occasional refreshing showers. Of course, I’m locked in a library trying to write a paper for publication, so it does me no good, but still. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/26 "2011-07-27T02:32:49Z")
Dang it. I always miss the snowball fights. :: Lobs one anyway, wondering if anyone’s around to catch :: October is my favorite month, followed by January. I hate summer humid hot weather. Love snow. :: snowball comes back down on own head :: I’m not good at throwing stuff. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/27 "2011-07-27T04:04:09Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Fine, no shovelling. But we can make a snowman. And we can make him our best friend, we can make him tall, or we can make him not-so-tall… ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/28 "2011-07-27T12:34:09Z")
I am SO ready to go skiing again!!! We just came off a week of 90+ temps. It was so hot here. (I’m in Michigan, USA) I finally got online and started looking up ski resorts in South America, thinking it might be time for a trip. I can’t swing it now, but some day, some day… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/29 "2011-07-27T12:50:17Z")
I’m writing my name in the snow with my sunburn. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/30 "2011-07-27T17:15:55Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Swing by Siberia and grab a few snowballs and we’re all up for a fight. > > Either that or go to 7-11 and we’ll just have to have a slurpee fight. But…but…we do that in winter here anyway! I live not very far from the Slurpee capital of the world, Winnipeg. Population of 700,000, [consumes 188,833 Slurpees a month](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurpee#Worldwide_consumption). ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976/31 "2011-07-27T17:22:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Who’s up for sledding? Or a snowball fight? Not me. We finally have the warmth of summer. I want to bask in it for 6 or so months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-sledding-or-a-snowball-fight/589976.md?page=1)