Comments on: Texas has soul stealing ass heat. https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24986 bowser Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:46:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24986 A heat which simply brings a glow to bare metal, not a red-hot blacksmith heat. A heat which brings a sense of security, not panic. A healthy heat, a specific preventative for frostbite, guaranteed to prevent frozen digits and limbs. It's a heat which spawns gratitude, as people appreciate air conditioning to an extent never seen, and worship the ground A/C repairmen walk on. The economy is stimulated by sales of air conditioners and electricity. It's all good. It only got up to 78 degrees here today, we were robbed, cheated. It's a damned shame. A heat which simply brings a glow to bare metal, not a red-hot blacksmith heat. A heat which brings a sense of security, not panic. A healthy heat, a specific preventative for frostbite, guaranteed to prevent frozen digits and limbs.

It’s a heat which spawns gratitude, as people appreciate air conditioning to an extent never seen, and worship the ground A/C repairmen walk on. The economy is stimulated by sales of air conditioners and electricity. It’s all good.

It only got up to 78 degrees here today, we were robbed, cheated. It’s a damned shame.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24929 ER Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:56:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24929 Yeah, but its a DRY heat. Yeah, but its a DRY heat.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24928 ER Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:53:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24928 "prickly heat" was a skin condition, a sort of rash, which could be caused by extreme heat, or failure to bathe regularly. “prickly heat” was a skin condition, a sort of rash, which could be caused by extreme heat, or failure to bathe regularly.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24918 bowser Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:18:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24918 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are uninhabitable, fit only for those with pores the size of dimes and a direct connection to a cold water line. Those who choose to live there are tough. Texas belonged to the Mexicans for a reason, a very good reason. Although I will say that northern Texas was quite nice. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are uninhabitable, fit only for those with pores the size of dimes and a direct connection to a cold water line. Those who choose to live there are tough.

Texas belonged to the Mexicans for a reason, a very good reason.

Although I will say that northern Texas was quite nice.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24907 Jody Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:51:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24907 I now have no assitol. I now have no assitol.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24906 Jody Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:51:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24906 Ass heat is ridiculously melting your ass, heat. Ass heat is ridiculously melting your ass, heat.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2013/07/10/texas-has-soul-stealing-ass-heat/#comment-24905 Robert Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:40:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=34629#comment-24905 There's the "draw heat", which sounds like the baking heat of the sun's rays bouncing off the walls of a "draw", or <i>arroyo</i>. It must be a preferable kind of heat, because the term is usually prefaced by "at least it's a draw heat!". Which must be better than the "prickly heat", which in my innocence I resolutely believe to be the itchy sensation of a lot o' sweatin' and a scratchin' in the heat n' humidity. Prickly heat is sort of the opposite of draw heat, I guess. More specific is the phrase "taint tha heat, it's tha humidity", which seems to describe the conditions prevailing on a hot day in the eponymously-named region of the body. Which brings me to my question now: What is "ass heat"? Is "ass heat" found only in Texas, or is "ass heat" common across the South, and just bigger in Texas, as of course all things are? And how does "ass heat" steal your soul? Does "ass heat" take a photograph? Perform a voodoo ritual? Get Westboro Baptist to pray for you to lose your soul? Or am I confusing that last one with "ass hat"? If "ass heat" is bigger in Texas, does it steal more souls from Texas? That might explain the Texas Legislature, mightn't it? There’s the “draw heat”, which sounds like the baking heat of the sun’s rays bouncing off the walls of a “draw”, or arroyo. It must be a preferable kind of heat, because the term is usually prefaced by “at least it’s a draw heat!”.

Which must be better than the “prickly heat”, which in my innocence I resolutely believe to be the itchy sensation of a lot o’ sweatin’ and a scratchin’ in the heat n’ humidity. Prickly heat is sort of the opposite of draw heat, I guess.

More specific is the phrase “taint tha heat, it’s tha humidity”, which seems to describe the conditions prevailing on a hot day in the eponymously-named region of the body.

Which brings me to my question now: What is “ass heat”?

Is “ass heat” found only in Texas, or is “ass heat” common across the South, and just bigger in Texas, as of course all things are? And how does “ass heat” steal your soul? Does “ass heat” take a photograph? Perform a voodoo ritual? Get Westboro Baptist to pray for you to lose your soul? Or am I confusing that last one with “ass hat”? If “ass heat” is bigger in Texas, does it steal more souls from Texas? That might explain the Texas Legislature, mightn’t it?

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