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Gunfreak02 Nov 2009 6:29 a.m. PST

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

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

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

0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes.
The water in Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.

-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freeze to death.
The Norwegians have their final barbeque before winter.

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

-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca.
The Norwegians 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 Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.

-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold.
The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.

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

-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south.
The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.

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

-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atom-based movent halts.
The Norwegians start saying 'Faen, it's cold outside today.'

-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over.
Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.

Steve Hazuka02 Nov 2009 6:34 a.m. PST

That's funny. I guess thats why the Michigan yoopers do so well eh?

Cpt Arexu02 Nov 2009 8:13 a.m. PST

My sister in aw must be Norwegian!

Well, she's Italian, but they live in Wisconsin, which is up there north of the Yukon somewhere…

Cpt Arexu
(living in Honolulu)

Gunfreak02 Nov 2009 8:40 a.m. PST

The first 5 are actualy true, as soon as there is sunm women take of their tops and start to sun bade in the parks, it's often no more then 15 in the shade.

And I'm going barbecueing tomorrow and I doubt it will be much more then 0

Streitax02 Nov 2009 9:02 a.m. PST

Oh come on, Gunfreak. 'Fess up, they're ALL true.

Gunfreak02 Nov 2009 9:15 a.m. PST

Well we did win Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest in may, so hell might have forzen over.

Personal logo Saber6 Supporting Member of TMP Fezian02 Nov 2009 10:08 a.m. PST

Hmm, sounds a lot like Wyoming grin

Daffy Doug02 Nov 2009 10:23 a.m. PST

Isn't that Hel with one "L"?…

MahanMan02 Nov 2009 7:49 p.m. PST

This is pretty much what's said about Minnesota, for some reason. Must be because my state's located entirely inside the Arctic Circle.

quidveritas03 Nov 2009 2:21 p.m. PST

I was going to say Montana was like that before global warming started up.

Before Tanning Salons, Co-eds would be out in their nuthins, totally goose pimpled up, trying to get a tan when the temp got above zero in the spring.

We used to call them 'sun worshipers' ;-)

mjc

Last Hussar19 Nov 2009 4:10 p.m. PST

-301C. Fans at St James Park put on their tops.

Unlike the Orkneys, where dusky maidens pick coconuts from palm trees that fringe the golden sands, and pineapples swim wild in the warm currents.

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