Dem Crazee Fur’Ners
Kid goes to a disco. He decides to walk home 3 miles. He dies of frostbite and hypothermia.
Oh, did I mention there was snow on the ground? And that he was wearing only a t-shirt and jeans? Dumbass.
Very common. I’m a mailman and I’m constantly appalled at what kids don’t wear in bad weather. It’s not ‘cool’, I guess, to keep warm.
Don’t get me wrong… I understand ‘cool’, I think. When I was a kid, being ‘cool’ didn’t mean being cold. We broke out grandpa’s, or uncle’s, old WW2 overcoats and voila! Cool w/o being cold.
I’ve always remembered this bit of advice: from a friend who was also a Marine drill instructor…
“If your feet are cold, cover your head.”
Hats are ‘cool’… if used wisely. (wearing your baseball cap backwards is NOT cool...just tells me you are stupid.)
Reguarding the kid who died of hypothermia-
‘bout 9 years ago the Chicago-area was hit by artic cold. We’re talking -15 with a -60 windchill-eeeevil temps.
My bulimia was off the charts at that time and I worked 8-10 miles away from home.
GUESS who-wearing only a sweater and a medium heavy jacket with NO gloves WALKED both ways to work.
It took me about an hour after I got to work to regain feeling in my hands and was ALWAYS near collapse.
at least it kept me thin//sarcasm offI was lucky. While I have permanent circuclation problems in my fingertips from that time-I managed to survive otherwise.
Yeah-I was sick but…
Btw-THREE MILES in snow not properly dressed?
Hell, I could manage that NOW.Chicagoans must be made of tougher stuff than today’s Brits.
Posted by Annoying Little Twerp
03/07/2005 at 07:51 AM
Bully for the Chinese! Someone needs to put Britany Spears and Madona out of business.
That’s it. I’m switching to Vodka! Obviously, it keeps those little, nagging problems from bothering those who drink it. I’m all for that.
