haha i love it. i remember in india going up to the rohtang pass near manali and watching all the tourists from the south who'd never seen snow in their lives freak out about it... renting huge, heavy winter jackets and thick boots, and this was may!
and even in Canada, I went to this glacier in the big national park that was designed for tourists and they had signs all over the place in Japanese saying, if you've never walked in snow, don't leave the staircase.... haha.