Things Cat Trialvilly Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP*

.anon.

All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:

EmmetSpiceland

.anon. wrote: »

All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:

Thursday, into Friday. That’s what I’m getting from the “readings” off my weather station.

optogirl

.anon. wrote: »

All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:

all squids are damp

And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think

ohnonotgmail

optogirl wrote: »

all squids are damp

And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think

I'm glad I'm not the only one TA'd by the use of damp squid.

.anon.

optogirl wrote: »

all squids are damp

And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think

"squib" isn't a word.

optogirl

.anon. wrote: »

"squib" isn't a word.

Oh but it is

ohnonotgmail

.anon. wrote: »

"squib" isn't a word.

a squib is a small explosive device. when they get damp they don't go off properly hence the expression.

blade1

.anon. wrote: »

"squib" isn't a word.

:eek:

.anon.

I think I'd know if it was a word. "Squib" is like a made up word you'd use to get rid of a 'Q' in Scrabble. The phrase is "damp squid". I can't believe I have to explain this to people.

optogirl

.anon. wrote: »

I think I'd know if it was a word. "Squib" is like a made up word you'd use to get rid of a 'Q' in Scrabble. The phrase is "damp squid". I can't believe I have to explain this to people.

Ok you had me going. **Ripple of applause**

.anon.

optogirl wrote: »

Ok you had me going. **Ripple of applause**

I'll take that as an acknowledgement that I'm right, as usual.

Dial Hard

Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

Me face!

Archeron

Dial Hard wrote: »

Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

Me face!

That made me laugh haha. I went out on Sunday morning at 6am for a walk and about fifteen minutes from home got pelted with little sharp stabby burning arrows of ice, I actually looked at the sky and said wtf.
I got home at about 8am and went back to bed all grumpy and in pain

blade1

Dial Hard wrote: »

Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

Me face!

Don't start .anon. again :pac:

jojofizzio

TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...

Purple Mountain

jojofizzio wrote: »

TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...

Cad e sin?

EmmetSpiceland

jojofizzio wrote: »

TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...

The Eskimo are laughing at us now.

New Home

Sound like the kind of "soft" hailstones that look like rolled up beads of compressed snow.

EmmetSpiceland

New Home wrote: »

Sound like the kind of "soft" hailstones that look like rolled up beads of compressed snow.

And snizzle?

New Home

That's when they get up your snozzle. :cool: (and make you sneeze).

jojofizzio

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Cad e sin?

Some kind of weird snow hybrid....not sleet,not hail,but graupel....

Ted_YNWA

Will everyone whisht up with these old style words.

ohnonotgmail

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Will everyone whisht up with these old style words.

I'm with you. its all a load of malarkey.

PsychoPete

What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

EmmetSpiceland

PsychoPete wrote: »

What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

Run the risk of some “anorak” coming at you with a bunch of questions on its size, shape and consistency.

Oh, and worst of all, your location.

PsychoPete

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Run the risk of some “anorak” coming at you with a bunch of questions on its size, shape and consistency.

Oh, and worst of all, your location.

Like the people that hangout in the weather forum?

spookwoman

PsychoPete wrote: »

What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

Yes Herr Graupel well it is not really snow, it's soft hail.

Dial Hard

jojofizzio wrote: »

Some kind of weird snow hybrid....not sleet,not hail,but graupel....

It's the technical term for a very specific type of snow that forms in the upper atmosphere. Looks (and behaves, tbh) pretty much exactly like the stuff they used to put inside beanbags.

It's not sleet or hail.

Snizzle = snowy drizzle. Not a technical term, needless to say!

And thus concludes today's snowcabulary* lesson.





*Perfectly cromulent word.

The Wizards Sleeve

The way tax discs never tear perfectly.

whisky_galore

PsychoPete wrote: »

What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

Never heard of it before.

Could have been a form of Austrian cuisine for all I knew.