It's Snow, Deal With It!




	It's Snow, Deal With It!
	It's Snow, Deal With It!
		By being a citizen of a country there are certain responsibilities and conditions that we must accept as result of our chosen residency. For example, by choosing to inhabit Africa you must accept the extremely hot climates, if you live in China you will be expected to endure the unfortunate side effects of over population, for those that live in Sweden you must painfully tolerate living amongst gorgeous women, where in Pakistan you will be expected to have no less than 12 children minimum and those who live in Qatar will have to…errr live…in Qatar. Thanks to whatever country we call home there are inevitable conditional circumstances we must subject ourselves to. It's the way of life my friends. So as Canadians we must come to expect a few things about living in this great country. One, yes we are constantly going to be compared and often confused for our noisy U.S. neighbours. Two, we are a funny folk and we live in the birthplace of popular comedy. Believe it folks, believe it! Three, our original television programming sucks ass. I am sorry, but it does. And four, it snows. You know, snow, as in frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes, snow. It does that from time to time in Canada. How in the world can Canadians still be so shocked by the appearance of snow during the months of December through March? We live in Canada people? You know, the great white north? Coo Loo Coo Coo Coo Loo Coo Coo and all that? Eh? Eh? Now I am not saying that people have to like the snow. God no…hate it up canucks. Detest it all you want. But there is a difference between disliking the snow and acting astonished by snowfalls like they are some unanticipated event. Regardless of your affinity for snow, I don't understand how Canadians can still have mental breakdowns the minute snow comes down with any intensity. Every time it snows it seems people react like they were caught completely unaware without warning by this event. As if the snow were some sort of freak occurrence. "Sweet Jesus, it's happening. Just like I read about it in those stories of old. It's snow. Dear lord, it can't be, but it is. It's Snow. It is snowing in Ottawa. May God have mercy on all our souls. Run for your lives!!!!" People we don't live in Brazil, this is Canada for gods sake, shouldn't we as Canadians be somewhat prepared how to deal with the inevitable snowfalls? But alas no, because we never seem to exhibit an experienced behaviour. We constantly come across as snow virgins. We seemingly have no idea how to walk, we don't know what to wear, we feel we shouldn't have to work and that simply life as we know it should just stop until the snow goes away. And forget about driving! Without fail, each year, it seems that once it snows people completely forget how to drive. Anything we may have learned from our years of road experience and drivers ed class is completely useless once snow hits. People are blind to street lights, are oblivious to pedestrians and just generally ignore all the rules of road. Once snow is added to the road equation, people start driving like rampaging idiots or 98 year old women. And may I ask a question…who are these friggin boneheads that continue to ride bikes in the middle of winter? What? Listen up peeps…bicycles are not made for snow. Period. That's the end of it. Lock them up and put them away until Spring. If a peeve must be my pet then this shall be one of them. I can not stand these folk who feel they can continue to peddle their ten speed with a foot and a half of snow on the ground. You are not doing anyone any favours by trying to slip and slide on your bmx down the sidewalk. Honestly, I can't help but smile when I see these bikers wipe out in the slush and get their just desserts. Don't look for sympathy from me, you asked for it bikey mcgee! All that white stuff on the road, that's snow, it tends to make bike riding a little difficult. You don't see people trying to snowshoe during the middle of July do you? Put the bike away tweeter. Andddddddd I'm spent. I for one can't stand the snow. I'm not going to lie to you people, it helps nothing I do and definitely complicates city living. But as someone who has lived in Canada my entire life I also have learned that I have to deal with it. It's a part of the unspoken agreement we must accept by living within these borders. I like to think that after thirty years I am somewhat prepared for the winter snowfalls. Now sure, some snowstorms come around that are completely unbearable. If the army is called in then yes, panic. But do we really need to lose our collective minds every time it snows in this country? Sure it sucks, but guess what, it is going to keep on snowing here…deal with it. …but that's just my opinion. 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