I do not think the word "blizzard" means what Portlanders think it means.
You haven't lived until you've been head-butted by a beagle. Yeah, that really just happened.
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My wife and I were once stranded for four days in Santa Fe. It's hard to take seriously the descriptions of today's light frosting as a blizzard. But I've also heard rain described as a "deluge" just because it was genuine raindrops rather than mist. Portlanders love themselves a good hyperbolized freakout.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm certainly not finding fault.
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of entertaining for the time being, until I become totally assimilated and start doing the same thing. I have described this tendency as "no matter how awesome Portland may be, Portlanders will find something to band together about and loudly demand that it BECOME EVEN AWESOMER!!!"
Hey! I love crappy food! ;-)
ReplyDeleteDrew Wallner nicely phrased
ReplyDeleteGood thing it wasn't real snow/ice:
ReplyDeleteOriginal Portland Snow Car Crashes 2007
Portland yuppies, your BMW SUV will not enable you to drive down icy hills.