# You know it's hot when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883 "2005-12-03T07:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/1 "2005-12-03T07:00:28Z")
I have just got back home after being away for six weeks. it is hot here. How do I know it’s hot? I know it’s hot when… [ul] I go to have a shower, turn just the cold water on, and I have to wait for it to cool down.[/ul] [ul]The cat keeps getting up and shifting to sleep in a piece of shade.[/ul] [ul]The cat hangs out under the aircon.[/ul] [ul]The cat wants a bath.[/ul] [ul]I hose down the roof with cold water and when it drips off and onto my head it’s hot, not just warm, hot.[/ul] [ul]I go to take a layer of clothing off, only to find that I’m already naked.[/ul] What are the little give-away clues that tell _you_ it’s hot outside? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/2 "2005-12-03T07:49:50Z")
:mad: _grumble grumble_ gosh-darn down-under folks _grumble ferchrissakes grumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/3 "2005-12-03T08:58:27Z")
Oops, should I have posted this in June? ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/4 "2005-12-03T09:16:52Z")
You start taking more than one shower a day. You contemplate just sitting in the shower for an hour. You start fantasising about filling your home with water. We don’t have aircon ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/5 "2005-12-03T09:37:44Z")
It’s hot when the water just isn’t cold unless it’s come from out of the fridge. And we don’t even have the extremes you Aussies put up with! ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/6 "2005-12-03T12:11:52Z")
You get an ice cream from the freezer and by the time you get to the lounge room it’s melted. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/7 "2005-12-03T12:14:30Z")
You know it’s hot when you sweat while having a cold shower ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/8 "2005-12-03T12:19:35Z")
The ice on the street melts under your tires? In three hours, you only hear the furnace cycle on twice? I know: You’ve got the oven door open a bit, and you’re standing on your tiptoes with your ass shoved halfway in it. Man, you know it’s hot then. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/9 "2005-12-03T16:03:59Z")
You see a dog chasing a cat…and they’re both walking. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/10 "2005-12-03T18:59:09Z")
You walk your dog, and the bushes kinda leeeean toward him. You have to keep walking, lest your shoes get sticky on the street. You stand in front of a Big Ass Fan® for 20 minutes, and your clothes are still wet. You move the sprinkler and accidentally get wet. Half an hour later, you’re still standing there. A crowd of 200 people follows the ice cream truck down the street. When the driver runs out of frozen goods, the crowd is too hot to chase him down and kill him. Two men get into an argument over a pool game, and they go outside to settle it. After thirty seconds in the sun, they decide to go back inside for another beer. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/11 "2005-12-03T22:58:51Z")
You’re in your suit and tie coming home from work on a stinking hot afternoon and the unairconditioned Cityrail train grinds to a halt in the Wynyard tunnel. Instant sauna! ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/12 "2005-12-03T22:59:36Z")
Too hot? When I went out last night it was a balmy 15 degrees (Fahrenheit), with a wind chill of 9 (that would be -13 for the Celsius people)… Wanna trade places? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/13 "2005-12-03T23:12:09Z")
•The phone line starts exhibiting electrical resistance. •The nitrogen drifts in the back yard start _melting_. •Your Banana no longer doubles as a hammer. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/14 "2005-12-03T23:29:18Z")
> [@woodstock989](#): > > Too hot? > When I went out last night it was a balmy 15 degrees (Fahrenheit), with a wind chill of 9 (that would be -13 for the Celsius people)… > Wanna trade places? No need to trade places. Hurry up and come down to the South. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/15 "2005-12-03T23:33:23Z")
The boundaries of your world decrease to the 2 metre radius range of your measly desk fan. Occasionally extending to the well-worn pathway to the fridge. _Can’t change channel - remote is in No Man’s Land!_ Ice becomes a main meal. _crunch_ No A/C in my craptacular apartment. _Whinge!_ Sooooo… hot. Getting muggy though, we might be in in for more storms down this corner. Coz’ there just aren’t enough broken trees at the moment. We need to break more. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/16 "2005-12-03T23:48:17Z")
The steering wheel of your car leaves burn marks. Drops of sweat evaporate before hitting the ground. Waves at **Buckler of Swashing** - Hey fellow Canberran. That was a fine storm a few days back. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/17 "2005-12-04T01:04:45Z")
_waving at **Vagus** _ Nice to meet you! It was a damn fine storm. Nothing like a good storm. Hey! Look at us! There are two of us down here! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/18 "2005-12-04T01:50:58Z")
You go to the beach and everyone’s inside their cars with the aircon on. You open the fridge and the cat’s inside, asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/19 "2005-12-04T01:56:36Z")
The fan’s on high, and the only thing it does is blow your hair around. You eat sandwiches for dinner because you can’t face the idea of turning on the stove. You consume your weight in snowcones. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883/20 "2005-12-04T01:59:02Z")
You put a ice/beer/coke filled esky out on the porch so you and friends have a ready supply this afternoon - and find the cat pressed lovingly against it 5 minutes later. You find the neighbour’s cat pressed lovingly against the other side 10 minutes after that. I caught two cats in just such an act yesterday. Wish I had my camera. My cat and my neighbour’s cat HATE each other and either side of an esky is about as close as they’ve ever been without bloodshed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-hot-when/333883.md?page=2)