Jussi 0 #1 March 26, 2002 Just found from a Finnish skydiving forum, had to share..:)Finnish Temperature Conversion Chart> For those of you that know and love Finnish weather and for those of you> who have never experienced it and never plan to.>> 15 degrees (it seldom gets warmer than that so it is of little practical> use to start from any higher temperatures)> Spaniards wear coats, gloves and woolly hats. Finns sunbathe.>> 10oC> French try to turn on the heat. Finns plant gardens.>> 5 oC> Italian cars won\'t start. Finns drive with the windows down.>> 0 oC> Distilled water freezes. Vantaa water gets thicker.>> -5 oC> Californians shiver uncontrollably. Finns have the last cook-out> before it gets cold.>> -10 oC> British landlords finally turn up the heat. Finns throw on a sweatshirt.>> -20 oC> Austrians fly away to Mallorca. Finns lick the flagpole.>> -30 oC> People in Greece cease to exist. Finns get out their long johns.>> -40 oC> Paris disintegrates. Finns turn to the hot dog stands.>> -50 oC> Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. The Finnish Army postpones> "Winter Survival" camp until it gets cold enough.>> -60 oC> Korvatunturi freezes. Finns rent some videos.>> -70 oC> The false Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Finns get frustrated when> they can\'t thaw the Koskenkorva bottle.>> -183 oC> Microbial life survives on dairy products. Finnish cows complain of> farmers> with cold hands.>> -273 oC> ALL atomic motion stops. Finns start saying...."Perkele. It\'s pretty cold,> huh.">> -300 oC> Hell freezes over. The Finns win the world championship in soccer! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalmettoTiger 1 #2 March 26, 2002 Haha, funny. We've got something similar here at school: "You know it's close to exams when the Californians put on parkas and the Canadians put on pants."PTigerI'm stepping through the doorAnd I'm floating in a most peculiar way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites