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general furry discussion => furry lite => Topic started by: Rocket T. Coyote on April 10, 2014, 11:20:29 pm
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...you need to wear sunglasses to keep from becoming blind from all the exposed pale flesh now.
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The smell of freshly cut grass hits you like a breath of fresh air. Till you have to mow yours.
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Your air conditioner goes out for no good reason.
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when the future is so bright you have to wear shades 8)
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Your allergies start kicking in. x_x
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...the forecast is for temperatures in the high eighties. Except... wait... It's only April, so it's really not summer. Weird weather.
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...When your cat becomes hyperactive and begins terrorizing local wildlife again.
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... when my skin becomes so sunburn I look like a walking tomato. x_x
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why you have to start of think of taking off your faux-fur jacket for a thiner, cooler jacket.
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when you "shed a few layers"
he he 8)
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When you arent waist deep in snow
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when you are sun burned from head to toe
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When you are sweating from the heat and you freak out and your like "omg! what the hell! Theres water coming out of my skin!"
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When you realize you can't fit anything in your bookbag because you keep stuffing your jacket in there after you take it off. :)
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When you have to dig theough several meters of junk in the basement to find the air conditioner
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when the AC mechanics are richer then usual
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The red winged black birds are in town and your sweating your tail off just by sitting outside
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You finally get used to sweeting again. It no longer feels like things are crawling on you.
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when you prefur to take off your shirt and
swing it around your head :D :D
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The local idiots are no longer driving their snowmobiles in the street on weekends and evenings.
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When your seasonal allergies get too much for and you start swearing at them and get in trouble from you r mother
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When the temperature goes up like 40° overnight and you have to start changing clothes more than once a day.
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When you have more time to walk the dogs.
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...when ginger sightings are rare :D
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......when it's so hot, that you can actually fry an egg on the pavement. (But don't eat it. :P )
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Chocolate melts before you can eat it. :P
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........when a certain green and white husky feints from heat exhaustion and dehydrated from lack of Dew. :P x_x
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when your shirt is covered in sweat :P
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When you look outside and the sky's grey and it's cold and wet.
Welcome to English summer.
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When the first dandelion goes to seed.
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...when the first thing you do after getting home is stand in front of a fan for a few minutes.
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i do that sometimes.
when you look forward to collapsing into a pool of ice cubes. :)
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When a cold shower doesn't sound like a bad idea.
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when the temperature in Texas goes from 30ºF to 90ºF in one day.
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Immediately after walking out the door of the grocery store, the ice cream you just bought immediately begins to melt. :(
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when you open the door and you start to sweat immediately :o
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...the aroma of smoldering backyard fire pits fills the air on the weekends.
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When you can Barbeque again!
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..when your room is a good ten degrees warmer than it should be. x_x
and you keep a box fan (on high) half a meter from your face all night.
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When you go outside and you immediately burst into flames
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uh if your a vampire
but when all pools are crouded in a matter of seconds :)
i just want to get in the water :(
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When you need sunscreen not just for you but your hairless dog too.
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uh if your a vampire
Thats racist
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wait how is that racist? :o
or a zombie in minecraft
but I don't see why it would be racist
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Racist against vampires and minecraft zombies
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(Quick, switch back to the original topic... We don't want the wrath of the mods coming down on us. (Lol... Mods-Gods... Hehe...)
When graduation finally rolls around and takes you by surprise... Even after four years of waiting for it...
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When you don't want to wear a full fursuit.
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...when opening the window feels like opening the oven.
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When you climb into an oven so you can cool down
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When your definition of "cool" has climbed more than 20°
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When the fleas come back! :o
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When the neighbors have stopped wearing real shirts altogether. :o
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when you sweat from just standing (:
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When they announce on the radio that summer is here : P
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When your radio has actually melted. :o
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when you have to consider stop wearing your faux fur red jacket.
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When i got sunburned instead of freezer burned
(Freezer burn from all the winter and stuff, i wasnt climbing really into any freezers)
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When you have to smash your hands up under your dash to turn your car's AC on because the motor that controls the mix door is stuck on heater... >:(
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When your car melts!
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Your fursuit fades!
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If there are people outside. When you only get two months of summer and it's freezing the rest of the year, you take advantage of every warm second. 8)
*EDIT* I typed "two months of winter" first... *facepaw*
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... you put on a sweater whenever it drops below 25° (about ~80°F?).
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When everyone gets affected by the heat and everyone acts really kinda high
This happens in my house, everyone gets really tired and stop thinking
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When the dandelions sprout, then it's summer. And, when it becomes warm enough to go barefoot without your toes going numb ;)
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When you find it necessary to take a long stop at any water fountain you see.
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When you find it necessary to take a long stop at any water fountain you see.
.......or you try to go to a water fountain, but there's a long line of people ahead of you. x_x
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when your pet dog suddenly drops 3 pounds of shedded fur
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When the mosquitoes goes after you in the evening, and you come back with big bumps on your legs and arms :D
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When bugs keep crawling on you when you lay in the grass.
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... when you use your laptop outside, and bugs crawl out of it later :P
also:
When your dad wants to watch three simultaneous hiking documentaries with you (:
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When you eat a popsicle outside for once.
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When bugs keep crawling on you when you lay in the grass.
Holy crap, i hate that!
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You bust out in a sweat when you walk from the house to the car.
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...when you can start using your car as a sauna. x_x
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When you get dirty looks for playing music too loud, nobody cares about it in the winter for some reason. x_x
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When you get dirty looks for playing music too loud, nobody cares about it in the winter for some reason. x_x
That's because everyone's too cold to make a fuss. (:
...when a bit of cold rain sounds really good.
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Haha, so true. When you actually pour water on yourself voluntarily.
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When the mosquitoes goes after you in the evening, and you come back with big bumps on your legs and arms :D
Better yet, when Mosquitos refuse to acknowledge that you are wearing massive quantities of Off.
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when its one day away
ha ha ha :goldlaugh:
so long school im going to have the time of my life :D
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When my sneezing stops and I start feeling like i'm going to melt. :P
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...when the newscaster announces "Today, summer is officially here!"
(since June 21 is the summer solstice)
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When you start sneezing because of pollen.
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when i avoid all exposure to the sun. but really im so pale that i can feel my skin burning when it is in direct line of light from the sun
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...fursuits are exchanged gladly for pool parties. Unless your suit is one you don't mind getting wet!
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When you see all sorts of postings on Facebook about DCI (Drum Corps International)!! :D
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When you throw water balloons at people.
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When the neighbors store their snowmobiles and bring out their ATVs to circle the block on the weekends.
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College students move out of the apartment complex I live at. Time to check the free pile at the laundry room for stuff I can sell on Ebay.
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...when fursuiting at public events, people keep commenting on how hot you must be in there.
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Super soakers and water balloon war at camp
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I can walk home in the sunshine :D
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When you give your dog a bath you can leave it outside to dry!
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You dread hearing the words heat index.
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I know it's winter in Aus.. but you know summer here when:
- people are dying from the heat (it sucks if your air conditioner breaks)
- droughts and water restriction (not necessarily summer)
- it's too bright to go outside without sunglasses (so bright it hurts to even open your eyes and it's hard to see anything without sunglasses)
- you can see the air because of how hot it is (when it goes blurry and wavy)
- lots of sunburn
- bushfires
- there is a complete lack of anything green
- dead birds through choosing bad places to nest (allot of birds die from the heat)
- you can hear the Cicadas (bell birds are worse though. I'm so glad I don't live near bell birds)
wow, Australia sound like fun, yea?
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...your intake of ice cream increases exponentially.
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...you can't go out at night without a firefly flashing in your face. :o
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Lets see, you know its summer when:
-You start to complain about the pool being too hot
-Its too hot to go outside without a water bottle/sunscreen
-You sweat when doing nothing
-Cicadas/noisy birds
-You start to see reptiles are being more active
-The spiders come out of hiding from the cold
-It feels like you are boiling
-You wear shoes to the beach and only take them off to get in the water
-The rats start to become more active in the walls (not just summer where i am)
-The Possums are more active
And many more, isn't Australia the best place, the reason we are rude to foreigners is because we don't want to be slugged with the most deadliest place on earth because nearly all of the tourists have died from our native wild life.
Almost forgot:
-You start to see drop bears when camping
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110211043323/uncyclopedia/images/5/55/Drop_bear_distribution.PNG)
EDIT: Just found this as well http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/pictures-that-prove-australia-is-the-craziest (http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/pictures-that-prove-australia-is-the-craziest)
I love Australia (from the other side of an unbreakable wall)
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I didn't know that snakes could eat crocidiles :o
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When your running fans to work and sleep under.
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When your running fans to work and sleep under.
...when the number of fans you need is increasing quickly.
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You stock up on Gatorade, not just to stay healthy in your fursuit.
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For pokemon fans
When Looker hopes for a case at night.
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For any Colorado residents...
When half the population of Vale (or any ski vacation city) goes on unemployment...
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...you're seeing lots of "ink"--and not the print shop variety.
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When you start hearing that ice cream truck song, although you never see them....
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When you start hearing that ice cream truck song, although you never see them....
Lol I hate that :D
When outdoor water parks are more appealing.
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...you start to notice all the "burnouts" and even posi-traction burnouts on the pavement as you travel to work or school each day.
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... when your pet reptiles decide they want to try and find a boyfriend and go crazy dancing along the glass of their tanks.
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When it rains(the problems of living in Wales) problem is it rains ALL the damn time.
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fireworks explode from the heat :o
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When this thread become active again. :D
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The local "lawn nazi" is back to his old routine again.
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...The clothes on my laundry rack are green rather than black xP
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You can take a beach vacation! 8)
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When you start noticing that your school's football field is getting hotter.(our fake turf gets really hot)
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The smell of BBQ smoke replaces the smell of fireplace smoke.
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Big Gulps are back on sale for $ 0.79.
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Highs hit 90+ (Welcome to Southern Louisiana...)
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You only need two pairs of pants instead of three while riding to work in the morning...
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...you see someone mowing the lawn in shorts and flip-flops. (Unsafe btw)
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When you just got out of school today for Summer break. :P
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You stop to help a turtle across the road.
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When Rocket T. Coyote launches more rockets then usual.
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When you have to choose between being late for work or your hands melting as you grip the hot-as-crud steering wheel.
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When you go to bed as the sun is just setting, and you wake up with the sun already up. x_x
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You need the A/C on, even late at night! x_x
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When the weeds grow faster than the grass..
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When the weeds grow faster than the grass..
HAhaha! Ain't that the truth? :D
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When it rains :'(
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When the mosquitos mistake you for a all you can eat buffet
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...there are bunny kits frolicking in the yard again.
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You're slowly but surely forgetting everything you learned in school over the past year. (:
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...you're spotting Cicada Killers the size of hummingbirds.
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When you see sunburned people walking down the street
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...you can fry an egg on the sidewalk, but you really wouldn't want to. Eggs are expensive.
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When its 102 and your hiding under your bed becaus its the only cool place in the house
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You suddenly realize that those "tights" you thought someone was wearing were actually tattoos.
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When the grass turns yellow from the drought
and you can see the green grass around trees where they were watered
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Neighbor's kid screeching like a banshee.
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When your diet mostly consists of popsicles.
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...you must give up chocolate bars for the duration.
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When the 10-day weather forecast shows nothing but sunny weather and the long-range forecast predicts no rain for the foreseeable future (this usually happens here sometime in May)...and you know you probably won't see a drop of rain for the next 4 months.
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...you seriously consider dry ice as fursuit coolant.
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When you put out the patio umbrellas.
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You see people swimming in the lake.
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When you sleep in your bed, you wake up completely soaked in sweat.
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Thick, ankle-length leggings give way to capri-length leggings.
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Summer's already here (inland Northern California). First 90-degree day of the year was last week. Patio umbrellas are out.
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...you are blinded by all the exposed pastey-white skin.
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when you cant sleep because its too hot.
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When the spring musical for your school is finally over.
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When you start seeing and hearing ads and flyers for Lawn & Garden specials early in April for tractors, lawn mowers, grills, patio sets, etc.
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...people sporting shorts as soon as the snow melts.
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You have end of year exams in school to prepare for.
Rip my sanity.
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Motorcycles everywhere
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when i go outside and see a gigantic ball of flaming plasma in the sky. it burns.
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When Dany starts eating and running around in the garden.
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...you noticed exposed man toes while waiting in the store checkout line.
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When the weeeds grow faster than the grass..
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When you're frantically looking for ways to cool yourself down in the heat.
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... the fields of wheat turn from green to gold.
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When 50% of your diet consists of ice cream.
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When you sleep into noon, get the back of your neck sunburnt, and it's too hot to walk on pavement barefoot.
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...you're seeing more 'ink" than you'd ever care to see.
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Instead of complaining about how cold it is because the humidity where you live you complain on how hot it is because of the humidity of where you live.
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...it takes very little effort in resisting the urge to get into a fursut.
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Road construction. Road construction EVERYWHERE!!!!
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...big honking boots give way to flip-flops.
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...big fuzzy dog breeds start panting again.
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...big fuzzy dog breeds start panting again.
People in big hot furry fursuits start panting again. :D
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...there is more pale exposed flesh than you'd ever care to see.
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when you can follow the aroma directly to your fursuit.
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...you see people fanning themselves at various events.
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You rather go running at night because it's too hot in the daytime.
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Tourists start comming and suddenly there's jobs for everyone for a couple of months.
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When your in the swimming pool 24/7
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...you stop getting frostbite only to start getting bug bites.
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When you start getting sunburnt easily.
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...you see someone wearing short-alls.
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When your attacked by hordes of mosquitos :o
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...robins resume using your windshield for target practice.
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...your consumption of Klondike Bars has increased dramatically.
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Big honking boots give way to low-cut shoes, sneakers, and flip-flops.
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Big honking boots give way to low-cut shoes, sneakers, and flip-flops.
Michigan takes the plows off their county trucks... and then puts them back on again. :p
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Kid gets off school bus clad in t-shirt and shorts while walking atop crusty snow.
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...the road signs turn "construction orange".
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...your consumption of lemonade rises exponentially.
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...downtown borrow bicycles are back.
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The ice cream truck is back. And you can hear the same tune being played over and over for hours.
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You travel to the beach to get away from the heat.
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When its 100 F outside, 120F+ in the car, 10 % humidity and wildfires all around.
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[EDIT BECAUSE I DEPRED AND DIDN'T READ THE TITLE]
I know when summer has started because the heat outside stops being pleasant and nice and gets oppressive. Texas summer, i tell you. I hate it.
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...there are more empty beer cans along the roadside in the mornings. (:
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You go to the store to pick up your favorite ice cream and you find the shelf empty instead because everybody else beat you to it. :'(
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...you hear more "no contact" warnings regarding local bodies of water. So swimming/wading/water sports are no option.
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...the potholes actually stay filled.
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When you see the return of unwanted tanning variations with crispy, extra crispy, country fried.
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You crave pizza, but firing up the oven at home is out of the question.
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You leave footprints on the asphalt patches.
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Big Gulps are just seventy-nine cents.
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...more and more somewhat overweight gents heading out in baggy shorts.
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The local golf course's are opening back up.
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When you can tell what types of sunglasses someone is wearing without them being on thanks to the sunburn
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...drivers roll their windows now for reasons other than tobacco use/vaping.
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Picnic table sets are on display at the stores.
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You stop wearing warm winter pjs for lighter summer pjs.
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...darn mosquitoes!
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The grass needs to be mowed.
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Fishing rods everywere
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The sound of weed whippers fills the air.
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Very tiny ants come into your kitchen because you spilled something sweet.
(just leave them alone, they will be gone in 1 day) :D
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It's too hot to fursuit 8) :P
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Very tiny ants come into your kitchen because you spilled something sweet.
(just leave them alone, they will be gone in 1 day) :D
Ummmmm...not at my house! They stay all summer! >:(
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Everyone is going to get ice cream.
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The dog throws up after eating the ice cream you bought.
You know it's summer when the house stops smelling like stale air because the window opened.
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You get stung by a bee. :o
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Your allertgies to grass, ragweed, pollens, etc. start acting up early in April.
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All of the lawn care products start showing up at the stores.
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Neighbors playing bean bag toss game.
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Have to buy medications for the dogs for fleas/ticks/mosquito's.
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...you notice more scalp tattoos now.
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People start burning citronella lamps.
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You know its summer when you attempt to calculate the heat absorbed by different colors of your fursuit. So that you can determine if you can safely fursuit in the daytime.
(or perhaps this should have been put in a new section... "You know your a furry engineer if ..." )
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....local bike path is getting more use from cyclists and less from X-country skiers.
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The mosquitoes are here!!
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June bugs are bouncing off the screen windows again.
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When all the furry creatures wait till night to get out and move about. Including me.
Ooowwooorrr!
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You see pooltoys everywhere
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At 7:30 in the morning two neighbors are already mowing their lawns.
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It was 0740 in the park, and every baseball diamond was in use by junior softball and little league teams.
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Some dude comes to church wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and sandals. It's only in the lower 70s and we're not a resort town.
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...bunny kits frolicking in the yard again.
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When it's 102F and your boots start to smell like hot rubber because the road is nuclear furnace temps.
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The road smells becomes sticky from all of the tar leaching through.
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...the guy wearing a sweater vest with a short-sleeve shirt now sans sweater vest.
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Poodling in fursuit is an acceptable practice :D
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When you start to sweat the second you put on your fursuit head.
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Poodling in fursuit is an acceptable practice :D
:o :D
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Ice cream at your nearest convenience store or grocery store sells out in a REALLY SHORT TIME. :o :'(
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Convenience stores run out of bagged ice.
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The line at the 99 cent ICEE soda fountain in the gas station convenience store is 10 or more people long. :P
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Those seventy-nine-cent Big Gulps seem like a very good idea right about now.
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When furies and furry creatures alike start running for the north pole.
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You are willing to drink just about anything as long as it is cold!
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...you are fursuiting at a public event and people express pity for you.
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You get stung by a hornet.
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...That frozen pizza you bought looks fine in the freezer for now.
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You buy more iced coffee then hot coffee.
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High consumption of energy drinks no longer required to wear t-shirt, shorts, and sandals out-of-doors.
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...you've observed people pulling money from out of bras and socks to buy something.
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Summer is officially here when a slight breeze kicks up a dust devil. (And no, the Tasmanian devil is not doing it)
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... there is suddenly a random storm at least once a day.
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You wake up at 5:00am and it is already light out.
(Hello everyone btw! Good seeing you all again!)
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...you notice more guys wearing those bedroom scuff type slipper/sandals in public.
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When there's summer storms everywhere. Sucks to be Florida right now.
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You know it is summer when the dog poop has to be scooped everyday or else you will be inundated with leagues of flies. :P
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Too warm and sticky to work on your hobbies.
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Too warm and sticky to work on your hobbies.
I know the feeling. :( Didn't work on a model today due to humidity.
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When you--a Canadian--no longer need to measure the snow in meters.
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When the usual clean creeks fester with algae and protozoa and make your dog ill. :( :P :(
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You start getting the urge to randomly drive to Pittsburgh.
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Fire season in California is already picking up
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The local kids are swimming in the Creek again, in spite of all the icky duckweed.
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Where I live it's summer all year long except for a few weeks in the winter. I'll see you all back here in 5 months.
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You know it's summer when SUV's without doors are driving around town without reason except to advertise they couldn't afford doors because they spent to much on the 12 foot snorkle kit they will never use, along with the huge lift that won't allow them to do a corner over 15 MPH without tipping over.
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You know it's summer when SUV's without doors are driving around town without reason except to advertise they couldn't afford doors because they spent to much on the 12 foot snorkle kit they will never use, along with the huge lift that won't allow them to do a corner over 15 MPH without tipping over.
I've seen those here.
You know Summer's officially here when someone in the neighborhood is trying to burn green wood in his fire pit, and you're downwind.
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...you observe otherwise healthy strapping young men shuffling about in public while wearing convalescent/scuff slippers.
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When stores have lots of backpacking gear for people to buy, even though none of it will hold up to the current weather.
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When your going through an early drought.
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Scores of turtles can be seen sunning themselves on logs in the river.
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When mosquitoes eat your right calf.
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...fireflies again dance throughout the night.
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You go looking for your favorite ice cream in the grocery store only to find out it's been sold out. :(