Our winter category revealed a few indelible truths about Buffalonians. Namely that we like winter sports, we are all sex fiends, we really don’t need any excuse to miss work, we spend way too much time in Florida and several of us don’t quite get it…any of it.

As is usually the case, sex ranks high in the Best Winter Activity, Nonsport category. But what about these variations that didn’t make the top five—”making love,” “bury the weenie,” “making whoopee” and “copulating”? These four answers came from a scientist, a romantic, a frat boy and an 80-year-old—you guess which came from whom. One person’s favorite thing to do in winter is to plan for summer. Either he has a very busy summer or no job in the winter.

Under Best Sledding, Buffalo seems hopelessly outmatched by the hilly southtowns, but Delaware Park’s Shakespeare Hill snuck its way in, as did Ellicott Creek Park. This, however, isn’t half as depressing as one answer, the I-90 split. Don’t sled too far, kids!

Buffalonians favor skating outdoors, as evidenced by three of the top five in Best Skating—Fountain Plaza, Cazenovia Park and Hoyt Lake. Other outdoor faves included the Black Rock Canal and backyard ponds. When we said “Snowbird Destination” some people must have read “snowbunny,” because Ellicottville was nominated.

One fellow who likes to have “snowball fights with the neighborhood kids as a nonsport activity” also used “took ice-ball to face in snowball fight with neighborhood kids” as an excuse for missing work. Serves you right.

Best Skating

Pepsi Center

Hoyt Lake

Fountain Plaza

Cazenovia Park rink

Buffalo State College rink

Best Skiing

Kissing Bridge

Holimont

Holiday Valley

Best Sledding

Kissing Bridge

Holiday Valley

Ellicott Creek Park

Delaware Park

Chestnut Ridge Park

Best Snowbird Destination

The Caribbean

Mexico

Florida

Ellicottville for skiing

Arizona

Best Winter Activity, Nonsport

Sex

Drinking, bar-hopping

Sitting by the fire

Going to the movies

Going to the theater

Best Winter Excuse for Missing Work

Snowed in, road closed, car won’t start

Skiing

Sick

Sex

Hangover

Best Winter Sport

Snowboarding

Sledding, tubing, tobogganing

Hockey

Downhill skiing

Cross-country skiing