Tom Says: “I Abhore Winter!”
I use the word “abhor” in place of the word “hate” because I find “hate” to be one of the most offensive words in the English language. So when I say, “I abhor it,” I keep looking for examples to recommend Winter, but I just can’t find any.
Ab-hor: verb (used with object), -horred, -hor·ring. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
We may be at least two weeks away from the actual calendar start for Winter 2007/2008, but looking outside — the calendar really doesn’t tell us right.
I abhor snow, ice and freezing rain.
I abhor wind, snow tires and skidoos on the road.
I abhor trees with no leaves and with broken branches from the weight of the falling snow.
I abhor salt, sand and snowplows.
I abhor snow blowing off trucks onto to my windshield, merchants who don’t clean their sidewalks and dummies who think it’s okay to walk on open ice two centimetres thick.
I abhor wet mitts, pedestrians who walk on snow covered roads and wet socks that squish in your shoes all day — but I’ve solved the wet sock problem. I wear my “Crocs” year round, because wet skin dries much faster than those terrible wet squishy socks.
I abhor dirty cars stained with road salt, old guys shovelling snow and then having to go to the hospital and snow piles you can’t see over at four-way intersections.
My list could go on-and-on… But wait! There is one thing I LIKE about Winter…
HOCKEY.
And there’s one thing I actually LOVE about Winter…
…WHEN IT’S OVER!!!
I’m Tom Young.