10. The
social scene outside of the OZ shul only lasts for an hour
9. With all the hats, you
accidentally hit on a married woman
8. You shokel fervently during davening
primarily to keep you body temperature up.
7. KOE/Hadar goers are forced to wear
socks under their sandals.
6. The blech is on, but you
aren't cooking any meals
5. You know the Outkast Lyrics
"What's cooler than cool?" is definitely referring to
that girl in shul wearing the opened toed shoes
4. Gabbai requests congregants not to say
Mashiv haruach
3. You feel it is ok to shake a woman's
hand because you are both wearing gloves
2. You realize there isn't another
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1. You want cold - try picking up
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From Nowfindme
1. Hot
tempered people are welcome ....anything hot is good
2. Modern singles realize that wearing a hat on top of a sheitel (as the
Chassideshe married women do) is a good idea
3. There are "No Sales for Long Johns" signs displayed in Windows
4. People are using balcony to store extra food that doesnt fit in the freezer
5. If someone spits it turns to ice
6, Hugging everyone you meet is suddenly OK
7 Real fur is being used regardless of the animal's rights
8. Shabbos meals are chilled rather than heated
9. Ski clothes is in vogue all of a sudden on the street'
10. Radiators have become usable seats
From Anonymous
You know it is cold on the uws when some people wear their ski jackets to shul,
and leave on their lift tags as additional conversation pieces after the
standard 3 questions: what's your name, what do you do and where do live?
From Stacy
"It's freezing" surpasses "Have you seen.(enter generic
name)?" as greatest pickup line
From Joshua
Every rabbi in country starts joke about the weather
The Eruv is terminally down...yet there are strollers in the lobby
Shul is empty....until the hot kiddush comes out
People wear tallis as scarf
Hagbah guy is asked to take off gloves
Lainer is allowed to touch torah scroll because he is wearing gloves
Chabad is packed (there 10am start is perfect)
Halachos of warming and cooking clothing on furnace finally are applicable.
Halachos of mikvah in the snow come to play
