Cold Weather Behavior

60 above zero: Arizonans turn on the heat. Minnesotans plant gardens.

50 above zero: Arizonans shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Duluth.

40 above zero: Import cars won't start. Minnesotans drive with the sunroof open.

32 above zero: Distilled water freezes. The water in Bemidji gets thicker.

20 above zero: Arizonans don long johns, parkas and wool hats & mittens.

Minnesotans throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero: New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Minnesota

have one last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero: People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close the windows.

10 below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico. Minnesotans dig their winter

coats out of storage.

25 below zero: Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Minnesota still selling

cookies door to door.

40 below zero: Washington, D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in

Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset

because the Mini-Van won't start.

460 below zero: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale).

People in Minnesota can be heard to say, "Cold 'nuff fer ya?"

500 below zero: Hell freezes over. Minnesota public schools open 2 hours late.

Ain't that the truth. Lived here all my life and is truth!

Wargod51

On the flip side of that...

80F: Minnesotans strip down to underwear in an attempt to cool off, Texans still wearing long sleeves

90F: People in Bemidji are guzzling water to stay hydrated. Arizonans finally pack up their winter wardrobe

100F: Washington D.C.'s A/C bill skyrockets. Flordian's open their windows to let in the cool breeze.

120F: New Yorkers suffer skin cancer. Texans finally start buying sun block.

140F: North Pole once again abandoned. Louisianans say "its not so much the heat as its the humidity"

Love it. I live on the edge of the mountains and the high desert so we get both. Been -5 this year already and was over 100 in the summer. And our schools have been opened late once since we've been here and that was when it snowed 16 inches in one night.

Where's "Bemidji?"

Fat Freddy wrote:

Where's "Bemidji?"

North of Bumblef*ck, IN

The heat is killing me around here. Still 28 C degrees!

TheNazgul wrote:

Love it. I live on the edge of the mountains and the high desert so we get both. Been -5 this year already and was over 100 in the summer. And our schools have been opened late once since we've been here and that was when it snowed 16 inches in one night.

Haha, much the same for me.

Great thread to be reading as yet another foot of white is decending. But, Wargod is right - that might be joking but it really is not that far off.

And, FF, Bemidji is East of Grand Forks about an hour. Maybe 60-80 miles south of the border. They have had alot of success with thier hockey program the last few years and finally jumped into the WCHA last year [not that you would care, but still pretty cool to have another in-state rival to beat up on].

Gilbert wrote:

The heat is killing me around here. Still 28 C degrees!

Rub it in, why don't you!

You're about 50 degrees warmer than us!

kmorg wrote:

Gilbert wrote:

The heat is killing me around here. Still 28 C degrees!

Rub it in, why don't you!

You're about 50 degrees warmer than us!

GET HIM!!!!

I live in Alaska, where Minnesotans are known as tourists.

I live in Northeast Missouri where it has been around 20 degrees F for the last few nights and my wife has already begun the constant chant of " I'm cold " which I will hear 10 to 15 times a day until spring arrives and temps rise into the 70's. Then I will hear " I'm hot " all summer until the leaves start to fall next year and the cycle will repeat.

I hate cold almost as much as when it's too hot. Yeah, living in Texas doesn't compare to you yankees and especially you Northern Europeans but fo me it's cold in the winter. The worst part of cold weather is taking nice warm showers. They feel so good, I just don't want to go out and get cold (my dad doesn't allow the heater to go above 70 degrees). I would love to have weather that varies between 70 and 90 (that high is only so I could go swimming). If I wasn't a proud American, I'd move to Spain (I was there in October 2002 and it felt like a May in Texas).

I spent 3 months in Navey boot camp in Great Lake Illinois in January, February, and March and was glad as hell to leave (I got to spend almost the rest of that year in Pensecola, Flordia). I never want to see that much snow and suffer that much cold ever again. I just want to be warm and happy.

stepcousin wrote:

I live in Alaska, where Minnesotans are known as tourists.

I live Minnesota, where Alaskans are known as Canadians.

The real question is, who member is smallest in the cold, Alaskans or Minnesotans?

TheNazgul wrote:

The real question is, who member is smallest in the cold, Alaskans or Minnesotans?

I heard they all wipe from the front anyway!


I can't complain about the whether here, rarely too cold, never really that hot. Ground shakes from time to time.

Joe wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

The real question is, who member is smallest in the cold, Alaskans or Minnesotans?

I heard they all wipe from the front anyway!


.

Step off Joe. You don't need your self-esteem lowered any further.