COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. . .
60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Michigan plant gardens.
50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Michigan sunbathe.
40 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Michigan drive with the windows down.
32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes.
The water in Lake Michigan gets thicker.
20 above zero:
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves,
wool hats.
People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Michigan have the last cookout before it
gets cold.
Zero:
People in Miami all die.
Michiganders close the windows.
10 below zero:
Californians f ly awa y to Mexico .
People in Michigan get out their winter coats.
25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door
to door.
40 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Michigan let the dogs sleep indoors.
100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Michiganders get upset because they can't start the
Mini-Van.
460 (-459.67 F below zero):
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero, zero on the
Kelvin scale.)
People in Michigan start saying..."Cold 'nough fer
ya?"
500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Michigan public schools will open 2 hours late.
Cold is Michigan....it is relative!
by AK - Jeff 9 Replies latest social humour
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AK - Jeff
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Junction-Guy
LOL, that's funny
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lovelylil
Thats funny. Here in New England we are used to the cold too. When the temperature in winter goes up to 30, we open our car windows and talk about how its "like Spring" outside!
I have a friend from the Bahamas that puts on a winter coat when it is 60 degress outside. Its December and cold here and my son up until yesterday was still wearing shorts to school. Of course, he was born in New England! Lilly
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AK - Jeff
Does the tongue stuck emoticon show up? It does on mine, but not sure if it embedded correctly.
Jeff
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Junction-Guy
My Dad lives in Michigan and he has to squeegee the snow off of the roof to keep it from collapsing.
When I went to visit in 1992, they already had a foot of snow on the ground, and another foot fell during the night. The meeting was not cancelled, business as usual at the kingdom hall.
In Kentucky, all it takes to cancel school is a dusting, and it is not unusual for school to be out 6 weeks in the winter. When they ever get a foot of snow in Eastern Kentucky, the National Guard is called out. -
lovelylil
We need more than 2 feet at least to cancel school here. The last time my kids had snow days was a few years back when we had over 4 feet of snow. They missed 2 days in a row. But the past few years, none at all. If it snows heavily at night and there is time to plow the school parking lot, school may be delayed by an hour but they are going! Lilly
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purplesofa
The threat of snow means you won't be able to buy a loaf of bread, gallon of milk or dozen of eggs, two hours after they announce it.
Snow flurries.......everything shuts down and we come to a standstill.
purps
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poppers
Thanks for the laugh. The same can be said for Wisconsin, but we get to put bratwurst on the grill on the last cookout and wash it down with some of Milwaukee's finest.
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bem
LOL thats funny, I had to save it for future use. We have relatives that moved here from Oregon and when we're freezing they are sweating
Oh and I see the tongue stuck emote.
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AK - Jeff
They are saying we could see 4 inches of snow here tonight. It is usually a 'false alarm' this time of year, but who knows? We seem to live on a weather 'fault line' of sorts here - the snow/ice/etc often kind of misses us either north a few miles or south a few miles this time of year. At least that is the way it has been the past few winters.
We used to get socked every winter [30 years ago] - snow on the ground before T-giving and still piling up in April. Now we just get 'blasts' of winter - it stays cold from Dec on, but the precip is not as dependable as it used to be.
I spoke with a lady up in Upper/Lower Michigan who moved there from Indiana a few years back. The first week they were there in comes a foot of snow overnight. She didn't even wake the kids for school - because down in Indiana they would never have it plowed and ready to move by daylight. She turned on the news to listen for the cancellation - nothing. She woke 'em up and drove them to school - she said that was several years previous, and a bunch of snow later they have still never missed a snow day. She was happy - the kids were not so happy.
Jeff