Bryan W. Alaspa 1Those that wimp out
December 6th 2009 22:42
At some point you just reach a spot where you have to say something. It just happens, out of nowhere. But the problem is that people in Chicago love to complain about the weather. Those of us who stick it out here, the real Chicagoans of the world, then have a certain pride about being able to survive the harsh winters. Sure it gets cold and it snows, but we look at each other and a silent nod of appreciation passes between us as we walk, bundled up, against the driving snow. We love this city and if this is the price we pay for living in one of the greatest metropolis’ (metropoli?) in the world, then so be it.
However, it does get on your nerves a bit. People who have been actually spoiled, such as this year, just want to take the opportunity to complain. October was rainy, but not overly cold. We got through November and it hovered in the high 40s and there was no snow. Last year, it snowed starting on Thanksgiving and didn’t stop until April. Now, finally, in December winter really arrives, it gets cold, and there is snow in the forecast.
Now me, a man who enjoys Fall and then, in winter, a good snowfall, this is fantastic. However, the complainers come out immediately. It’s sooo coooollllldd, they whine in a voice that makes you want to strangle them with their own innards. Oh yea? Really? Did you not expect this? It’s DECEMBER in CHICAGO! We get this weather EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Were you not prepared?
Even more annoying to me are the false Chicagoans who have wimped out and moved to warmer clients. They are, in my opinion, complete and total pussies. Nothing is more annoying to me than seeing these transplanted Chicagoans in places like Arizona or California or (God forbid) Florida. You see them from time to time on the news, but you see them mostly in the actors and writers who move to these places. They then say how much they miss Chicago. Oh, that drives me nuts.
Here is my solution to those whiners: DON’T LEAVE THEN! Suck it up, get some tougher skin and hunker down and live through it like the rest of us. Then you can still have your Italian beef and your Chicago-style pizza and your Chicago-style hot dogs and you can stop whining about how much you miss them. If you miss them so much, why did you leave? Were you really unable to turn the heat up in your house, buy a decent winter coat and get a snow-blower?
I am sorry, but if you wimp out just because of the weather to set up in a desert or a coast, then you have to forfeit your right to be called a Chicagoan. Yes, I am talking to you Joe Montegna and Dennis Farina. At least the Cusacks tend to hang around. You wimped out. You couldn’t hack it. You, therefore, are not true Chicagoans and I don’t care how many “dese” and “dose” you throw out in your speech to try and prove that you are still a Midwesterner. Are you tan in January? Then you aren’t a Chicagoan any longer.
I would like a national ban on any and all Chicago-themed restaurants or bars that have been started by these Chicago deserters. The one exception should be Woofie’s in St. Louis because at least St. Louis still gets snow. No Chicago-style hot dog stands in L.A. No more pizza joints in Tempe. You left, you lose, good-bye, we are busy being real Chicagoans and enjoying the city we love and good riddance.
However, it does get on your nerves a bit. People who have been actually spoiled, such as this year, just want to take the opportunity to complain. October was rainy, but not overly cold. We got through November and it hovered in the high 40s and there was no snow. Last year, it snowed starting on Thanksgiving and didn’t stop until April. Now, finally, in December winter really arrives, it gets cold, and there is snow in the forecast.
Now me, a man who enjoys Fall and then, in winter, a good snowfall, this is fantastic. However, the complainers come out immediately. It’s sooo coooollllldd, they whine in a voice that makes you want to strangle them with their own innards. Oh yea? Really? Did you not expect this? It’s DECEMBER in CHICAGO! We get this weather EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Were you not prepared?
Even more annoying to me are the false Chicagoans who have wimped out and moved to warmer clients. They are, in my opinion, complete and total pussies. Nothing is more annoying to me than seeing these transplanted Chicagoans in places like Arizona or California or (God forbid) Florida. You see them from time to time on the news, but you see them mostly in the actors and writers who move to these places. They then say how much they miss Chicago. Oh, that drives me nuts.
Here is my solution to those whiners: DON’T LEAVE THEN! Suck it up, get some tougher skin and hunker down and live through it like the rest of us. Then you can still have your Italian beef and your Chicago-style pizza and your Chicago-style hot dogs and you can stop whining about how much you miss them. If you miss them so much, why did you leave? Were you really unable to turn the heat up in your house, buy a decent winter coat and get a snow-blower?
I am sorry, but if you wimp out just because of the weather to set up in a desert or a coast, then you have to forfeit your right to be called a Chicagoan. Yes, I am talking to you Joe Montegna and Dennis Farina. At least the Cusacks tend to hang around. You wimped out. You couldn’t hack it. You, therefore, are not true Chicagoans and I don’t care how many “dese” and “dose” you throw out in your speech to try and prove that you are still a Midwesterner. Are you tan in January? Then you aren’t a Chicagoan any longer.
I would like a national ban on any and all Chicago-themed restaurants or bars that have been started by these Chicago deserters. The one exception should be Woofie’s in St. Louis because at least St. Louis still gets snow. No Chicago-style hot dog stands in L.A. No more pizza joints in Tempe. You left, you lose, good-bye, we are busy being real Chicagoans and enjoying the city we love and good riddance.
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