Today has been a rather tough day in the PoA (Parent of Autistics) department, and I'll write more on that tomorrow. But tonight, in light of the plunging temperatures, I'll close the evening with a bit of humor forwarded from the spouse of a "Mainiac-in-Exile" (terrible situation, that is...)
COLD ENOUGH?
60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Maine plant gardens.
50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Biddeford sunbathe.
40 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Portland drive with the windows down.
32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes.
Ends swimming season in Maine.
20 above zero:
Floridians put on coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Maine throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above zero:
NC landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Kennebunk have the last cookout before it gets cold.
Zero:
People in Miami all die.
People in Maine close the windows.
10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Maine get out their winter coats.
25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Maine are selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero: (Note: tonight's anticipated wind chills)
Washington, DC runs out of hot air.
People in Maine let the dogs sleep indoors.
100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Mainers get frustrated because they can't start the pickup truck on the first try.
460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale).
Maine public schools may close.
500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
People in Maine start saying..."Cold 'nuff fer ya?"
And you're NOT kidding, either. I have a friend whose family owns a camp on a lake in Maine near the Canadian border. I was invited to spend a short summer vacation with them. My friend's mother invited us to go swimming "as the water was getting quite warm".
It was the first confirmed case of a levitating, blue-and-gray Cuban...
It is 50 degrees here at 11:00 p.m. We have the heat on and will be wearing winter coats tomorrow. I do not know how you guys make it through the winter.
Posted by: dwight meredith at January 13, 2004 11:27 PMI've seen variations on this list for Norweigans and Alaskans.
I'm tempted to do one for Minnesota, since we get pretty durned cold, too, up here. (Although this winter has been awfully mild, only a couple of days below zero so far)
I've seen this as a general "New England" list, with the final line being:
Boston wins the World Series.
Ed
I wonder if gets to the point where it's so cold the temperature actually loops around the scale and becomes warm again.
Posted by: evan at January 15, 2004 09:01 AMI fell under the spell of extreme curiosity about what the hell Maine people supposedly didn’t like...
Just wondering what level of Dante's hell they're living in?
(smile)