Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Stefan-A]

It's -3 here (-7 in my home town) and it's snowing, it will probably drop to at least -15 some time during the next few weeks.

[reptileparadise]

damn...thats cold! A well...just a few more weeks...then summer starts again!

[Stefan-A]

Not cold by our standards.


+15 'C / 59 'F This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun,getting a tan.

+10 'C / 50 'F The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.

+5 'C / 41 'F Italian cars won't start, The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.

0 'C / 32 'F Distilled water freezes. The water in Vantaa river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.

-5 'C / 23 'F People in California almost freeze to death. The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.

-10 'C / 14 'F The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long sleeves.

-20 'C / -4 'F The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.

-30 'C / -22 'F People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.

-40 'C / -40 'F Paris starts cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hotdog stands.

-50 'C / -58 'F Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.

-60 'C / -76 'F Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.

-70 'C / -94 'F The false Santa moves south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes out on winter survival training.

-183 'C / -297.4 'F Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

-273 'C / -459.4 'F ALL atom-based movent halts. The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside today."

-300 'C / -508 'F Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest


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James, you might want to move this to the other thread.

[reptileparadise]

-183 'C / -297.4 'F Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

Hahahahaa...very nice list you got there!

[Stefan-A]

It's sort of a standard thing Finns post every time somebody abroad starts talking about how cold it is.

[Lori P]

Tooooo funny!!! Well, we are having an unusual warm spell here in Virginia... it was 75 degrees today!!! I played hooky from work and played outside with the horses and dogs all day!!! It was GREAT. :-) :-)

[anji1971]

That was a great laugh!!! It's 17C here today, I'm not complaining!

[drache]

it's never boring around here, is it?
look at what happened to my friend, Sean, on the way to the White Plains Expo
CRASH LEADS TO ANIMAL RESSSCUE
the axle of the car cracked (old station wagon) and he kept spinning until he managed to crash the car into the wall
he feels fine
one turle got a minor cut
one plated lizard got sprayed by a fire fighter and ran across the expressway, but Sean got him and he's fine
I saw the car - it looks like something out of Mad Max

[anji1971]

Wow, it's a good thing he wasn't hurt in that! Or any animals either. Guess its time for a new car now...........!

[Lori P]

Omg Rhea... thank goodness no-one was hurt. That's so scary.