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Diclotican

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Tue Dec 4, 2012, 08:45 PM Dec 2012

Winter Temperatures and Norwegians: [View all]

Winter tempratures - and Noriwgians

+15°C 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 The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.


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

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

-5°C People in California almost freeze to death. The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter. (its true - I and one friend of me, was indeed barbeque for the final time a year when it was - 5*C outside - it was cold - but the food was great

-10°C The Brits start heating their houses. The Norwegians start using long sleeves.

-15°C The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.

-20°C People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.

-30°C Paris start cracking from the cold. The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.

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

-60°C Santa moves south. The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.

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

-273°C All atom and subatomic particles movement halts. The Norwegians start saying "Faen, its cold outside today."

-300°C Hell freezes over, Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest

Diclotican

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Good one! hedgehog Dec 2012 #1
hedgehog Diclotican Dec 2012 #2
I live in a snowbelt - we typically get 185 " (73 cm) of snow, but have been hedgehog Dec 2012 #3
I don't usually do this, but A Simple Game Dec 2012 #5
Um. Chan790 Dec 2012 #15
Oopsie! hedgehog Dec 2012 #17
I've seen a similar joke, only with Estonians LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #4
I've seen one re Finns ... Flaxbee Dec 2012 #6
Similar to living in Northern Canada TrogL Dec 2012 #7
LOL yep. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #32
Sounds like Minnesota. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #8
It has been darn right summery here in Minnesota nadine_mn Dec 2012 #29
Uffda. Scuba Dec 2012 #9
Scuba Diclotican Dec 2012 #10
Ha! That sounds like Minnesota too! I'm a Minnesotan of Norwegian (and Irish) descent. myrna minx Dec 2012 #11
myrna minx Diclotican Dec 2012 #12
The little Norweign I know is quite arcane - they're phrases from the late myrna minx Dec 2012 #14
myrna minx Diclotican Dec 2012 #21
My mother always called her grandfather "Bestefar." The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #30
Velveteen Ocelot Diclotican Dec 2012 #31
"Every Norwegian knows at least four languages, and three of them are Norwegian." KamaAina Dec 2012 #24
KamaAina Diclotican Dec 2012 #25
Meanwhile.... HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #13
HarveyDarkey Diclotican Dec 2012 #18
And that is why so many Norwegians move to Minnesota. MineralMan Dec 2012 #16
MineralMan Diclotican Dec 2012 #19
Exactly. My wife's ancestors came MineralMan Dec 2012 #20
Garrison Keilor points out... TrogL Dec 2012 #22
TrogL Diclotican Dec 2012 #26
"Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest" KamaAina Dec 2012 #23
KamaAina Diclotican Dec 2012 #27
Sounds like Fargo! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #28
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