got Amsterdammed on:

- look out the window. sky is blue.
- arrive downstairs with Odin. it is raining
- rains the entire walk
- rains when I get to the front door
- arrive upstairs with Odin. the sun is shining

New level of Amsterdammed on: sleet from a blue sky

(zoom in. the dots are ice orbs)

@0xabad1dea April is getting a bit ahead of itself, it seems
Maartse buien… (same here in Brussels today)
@0xabad1dea I got graupeled upon all the way to the shops, and then blinding sun right down the singel on the way back....
@0xabad1dea Hint: turn on flash when photographing hail, it makes it stand out really well.
@0xabad1dea Seems like there's something wrong with your window.

@0xabad1dea

I'm pretty sure the only explanation is that your window and your front door lead to different dimensions and it was sunny the whole time out the window and raining the whole time out the front door 🧐

Just kidding, I'm British and I lived in the Netherlands for years, I know this is normal.

@0xabad1dea Minnesota be like that, too... though tbh I'd much rather be in Amsterdam.
@0xabad1dea when the rain god wants a sacrifice, it gets one

@0xabad1dea Reminds me of my first Thursday living in the (US) Pacific Northwet(*):

0700: high dull overcast.
1000: CHUCKIN' IT DOON. 🌧️
1100: bright sunshine, barely a cloud 😎
1400: RAINING SIDEWAYS
1600: high dull overcast

(*) that's not a misspelling. It's an accuracy upgrade. Live there long enough and you get webbed feet. (There's a REASON the University of Oregon football team is the Ducks 🦆 )

@0xabad1dea I've had at least once when it has *literally* been raining on one side of the house but not on the other. Makes for great fun.

So what did Odin say about the weather? 🙂

@mkj “*rolls in mud*”
@0xabad1dea So at least one of you had a good time! 🙂

@mkj @0xabad1dea Does Odin enjoy baths, and if not, how do you clean him?

My uncle Jim had a Great Dane named Brittany who would thrash so much, that they resorted to leashing her to the trailer hitch on his truck, and spraying her with the garden hose. I always maintained that this was why she hated bath time so much.

@nuintari @mkj we can just stick him in the shower stall whenever. he’s very calm about it.

@0xabad1dea @mkj Oh sweet. Big dogs seem to have a binary switch when it comes to bath time. It's either fine and dandy like sour candy, or, NOOOOOO!!!!!1111one.

Had neighbors growing up that had two Newfies, one of each type. One of them just always smelled bad.

Then in the summertime, that same dog would willingly jump into the pool, then dry off by rolling around in the grass. So in the summer she smelled like dirt and chlorine. But in the winter? That dog could get a little ripe.

@0xabad1dea Me, a smart brain, reading too much sci-fi: those are different realities, next time go out through the window.
@agturcz @0xabad1dea I just figured Odin preferred rain during his walk, and the local weather deity obliged (I would, if he asked me).
@jmax @0xabad1dea I like your approach. It's more spiritual than mine. 😊
@agturcz @0xabad1dea Both make perfect sense, though.
@jmax @0xabad1dea Adventures of Odin in The Rain World. Classical Isekai.
@0xabad1dea Do you live on the 350 th floor? :p
@0xabad1dea our dog used to serve as our private rainmaker. Sun shining - put dog on leash and let him out the door - sun is gone, rain sets in 🙃
@0xabad1dea The obvious solution is to install a slide down your window so you can keep eye-contact with the sky and assert dominance.
@0xabad1dea Odin says "I told you to go out the back door instead"