Snow Wimps

We had a few inches of snow here in the Pittsburgh area over the weekend, and that was enough to bring out the Snow Wimps.

People here are hilarious, really. When the forecast calls any amount of snow beyond an inch, people nervously line up at grocery stores like you wouldn't believe. We'll inevitably see stories about these people on the news, and when asked what they're doing, the Snow Wimp Interviewees will almost always tell the reporters they're at the store to "stock up on toilet paper" in advance of the snow.

Apparently these people can think of nothing better to do to pass time during a snowstorm than to poop the time away. I really don't care to think about it. Maybe they're simply afraid they're going to be "wiped out" by the storm.

And needless to say, people in Pittsburgh are crappy (sorry for yet another toilet-related word) drivers when it comes to snow. If we get flurries, you'll start seeing a giant list of cancelations on TV, because event organizers know that when Pittsburghers try to drive in snow, even if there are just a couple flakes floating in the air, they'll start spinning sideways into one another.

Go to Erie sometime. They could get seven feet of snow and not even delay school. Those people know how to deal with it. And, presumably, the lines for toilet paper are much shorter up there.