How to Meet People in Cannon Beach, Oregon

To meet people at Cannon beach you must follow an elaborate greeting ritual. First, you must have a Dog. If you have one you go down to the beach, take your dog off the leash and walk either left of right, it really doesn't matter. Let the dogs run free, eventually they will run up to other dogs on the beach. Then you walk up to the other people around the dog scrum that has formed and start your conversation with two questions; 1. Are these your dogs? (which they obviously are but you still have to ask) and 2. What type of dogs are they? (which you really don't care about). Also acceptable for the second question, "How old is your dog?" It is seen as a less formal question that is generally acceptable in most situations. After asking these two questions you immediately follow up by giving some sort of compliment about the other dogs, like, "He is beautiful," or "My he is active." At this point you are free to talk to the people, but it is easiest to just continue talking about the dogs or dogs in general.

However, you must keep these two things in mind. If some one is walking without a dog, they do not wish to meet anyone so you should just keep walking and try not to look them in the eye. Also, if some one is walking on the beach and they have their dogs on a leash. They do not want to meet anyone either and they want you to put your dogs back on the leash for not better reason then they are Assholes. And that is how you meet people in Cannon Beach.

Remember this ritual is specific to Cannon Beach only. Do not try it in Seaside or Lincoln City or anywhere else on the Oregon Coast. In these places the best way to meet some one is to strike up a conversation about the quality of local chowder.