18 July 2008 - Greg left his head in San Francisco

[ampersand]

You know, the San Francisco tourist shirts aren't the ugliest thing I've seen as a tourist identifier. Los Angeles' tourist shirt is much uglier. And also, you can spot an older tourist by the spoon collection he maybe haggling about at the airport exit kiosk shop. Every tourist destination has some sort of odd spoon with the name of the place enameled at the top of the handle, and it has to be a sign that "I'm not from around here, and I'm old. Please take advantage of me."

And if it's a shot glass with the name of the locale, it says, "I'm not from around here, please up your alcohol rates by 80%, and I'll still tip anyway." Except in Orlando, where it says, "Please crush my spirits by telling me you have a 10 pm curfew that requires all bars to close."

I don't even want to know what tourist magnets say.

[marsman57]

I was rolling because my friend that visited SF during the Summer (short trip at the end of an internship in LA) had the tourist SF tourist hoodie. That said, I think it looked a bit different than the one pictured in the comic.

[Roundtop]

Hehe.

Almost opposite of here. How to spot a Vancouver resident in the fall... The temp is sitting in the mid-50s but they are wearing shorts, sandals, and a fleece vest. The tourist is wearing a parka.

[serindela]

Hehe.

Almost opposite of here. How to spot a Vancouver resident in the fall... The temp is sitting in the mid-50s but they are wearing shorts, sandals, and a fleece vest. The tourist is wearing a parka.

Reminds me of spring in ND. As soon as it hit 40 above we were wearing shorts and t-shirts. The basies were all in winter gear still.

[adciv]

I've grown used to hot and cold here in Blacksburg. When it is 80+, I wear jeans. Below 60, I wear shorts. I consider 30 Tshirt weather.

[Jedit]

Greg lies.

I visited SF in September 2004. The first day was foggy and cold, leading to us joking that being from Scotland, if we wanted to look at a famous suspension bridge through thick fog we didn't have to travel 8000 miles to do it, but after that it was hideous. It must have been close to body temperature every day. I'd only brought light clothing and I got through a full can of anti-perspirant in three days, but my clothes were still soaked through with sweat by the evening.

[adciv]

Jedit, we call that Humidity.
*commence heat/hummidity argument*

[teddy]

Jedit, we call that Humidity.
*commence heat/hummidity argument*

No need for argument. Both suck individually when their numbers are high in relation to the natural environment, and when you combine the two it is exponentially less fun.

[Jedit]

Jedit, we call that Humidity.
*commence heat/hummidity argument*

No need, I know the difference. It wasn't any more humid than it typically is here in Aberdeen (also a port), but it was definitely at least 30degC every day - I think the weather report peaked it at 32degC. Luckily I don't tan or burn, but it was still hot enough to hurt.