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In reply to the discussion: Why, when I was a kid, it was so cold that.......(complete the senence). [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,362 posts)41. How about this; It was so hot....
That when the toilet was flushed, it broke off the wall.
This really happened to my dad in Australia!
He was stationed in Alice Springs in the 70's, and before the rest of the family came out to live there, he stayed at the BOQ at the facility and the cold water pipes had gotten so hot it cracked the porcelain toilet when it got flushed!
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Why, when I was a kid, it was so cold that.......(complete the senence). [View all]
Hoppy
Feb 2015
OP
i do remember leaving swim practice and walking outside and my glasses frames popped
dembotoz
Feb 2015
#23
aren't there some lizards or something that live in Florida trees that drop when its cold?
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#46
girls got to wear long pants to school but had to remove them in the restroom before class
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#37
They wouldn't let girls wear slacks to school in Texas in the winter.
Manifestor_of_Light
Feb 2015
#53
I also went to college in upstate NY, not too far from the Canadian border.
smirkymonkey
Feb 2015
#47
...when our fridge conked out, Mom could leave the milk out on the ledge overnight.
KamaAina
Feb 2015
#43