During the warm season (August 8 and 9), Maine is a true 'vacation paradise,' offering visitors a chance to jump into crystal-clear mountain lakes and see if they can get back out again before their bodily tissue is frozen as solid as a supermarket turkey.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Barry jokes about Maine's cold weather by describing visitors freezing in lake water during summer.
- In plain terms
- Maine is so cold even in summer the water freezes you.
- What can you take from it?
- Tourist descriptions often exaggerate natural conditions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do places market extreme weather?
- When is weather too extreme for fun?
Another view
It misrepresents the actual climate conditions of the region.
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