14 Ways You’ll Know It’s Summer

1.

The police are wearing sunglasses.

2.

The police are wearing Kevlar.

3.

The police aren’t as patient as they usually are.

4.

“Pot deal gone wrong.”

5.

Cyclists everywhere.

6.

The police come in a pack of eight to check up on you based on a tip made by the landlord, but it’s cool, everything is fine, man.

7.

The police find a little girl living in a heroin house during a prostitution sting and have Child Protective Services remove her. She tells them that her mother “needs a lot of medication.” The house is a biohazard situation with yellow crap all up the walls and feral cats taking residence on the premises.

8.

“Pot deal gone wrong.”

9.

The leaves on the trees are green, and the sun is shining bright.

10.

Roadwork begins.

11.

Longtime residents of the state begin to stock up on explosives and give you intense eyes when you pass by their window.

12.

Traffic progress is slow because of roadwork, as opposed to slow because of snow.

13.

Pot deal gone right.

14.

Men on street become less shy, more able to muster the courage to talk to themselves.