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Old 04-14-2003, 07:12 PM   #1
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Well after a long and tough winter in Norway that lasted for more than 6 months, finally spring is showing up [img]smile.gif[/img] The cold and dark winter is finally over and I'll celebrate it by sharing some information about how we survive up here [img]smile.gif[/img]

+15°C / 59°F

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 / 50°F

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

+5°C / 41°F

Italian cars won't start.
The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.

0°C / 32°F

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

-5°C / 23°F

People in California almost freeze to death.
The Norwegians have their final barbeque before winter.

-10°C / 14°F

The Brits start the heat in their houses.
The Norwegians start using long sleeves.

-20°C / -4°F

The Aussies flee from Mallorca.
The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations.
Autumn is here.

-30°C / -22°F

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

-40°C / -40°F

Paris start cracking in the cold.
The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.

-50°C / -58°F

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

-70°C / -94°F

The false Santa moves south.
The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.

-183°C / -297.4°F

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

-273°C / -459.4°F

ALL atom-based movent halts.
The Norwegians start saying "Faen, it's cold outside today."

-300°C / -508°F

Hell freezes over.
Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Old 04-14-2003, 07:18 PM   #2
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Remind me to never go to Norway. Too used to the unbearably hot deep South.
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Old 04-14-2003, 08:40 PM   #3
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Well after a long and tough winter in Norway that lasted for more than 6 months, finally spring is showing up
It was snowing over here last friday, but if you say so...
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Old 04-14-2003, 08:51 PM   #4
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ROFLMAO [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] This goes into my funniest posts of the year folder [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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Old 04-14-2003, 10:10 PM   #5
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yay! spring! that means spring break! that means i get to sleep in till 6 pm!
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Old 04-14-2003, 10:12 PM   #6
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yay! spring! that means spring break! that means i get to sleep in till 6 pm!
You lazy bum [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]
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Old 04-14-2003, 10:46 PM   #7
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LOL! I've seen variations on that before, but the Norwegians now take the cake.

On a side note, years ago I worked with a lady from Alaska. Honest to goodness, in the month of December in a snow storm in Michigan, she was outside waiting for her husband to pick her up... wearing a sweater. No coat, no gloves, no hat, just a thin sweater. She was waiting for it to get cold, I guess... 'twas plenty cold for me. Fifteen degrees fahrenheit, which makes... about -10 Celcius... and she was comfortable.

'Course, then I married a woman from Oklahoma in the south, and promptly introduced her to what we call cold weather up here...
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Old 04-14-2003, 10:51 PM   #8
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What do you expect Bungleau? We indians are quite resistant to the cold, best weather of the year really
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Old 04-15-2003, 01:15 AM   #9
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Actually, Gangrell, she was not "native Alaskan" or whatever the politically correct way of saying it is. She was a transplant from somewhere else who had lived there for a few years, and was now transplanted back south.

Still impressive, though.
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Old 04-15-2003, 07:04 AM   #10
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LMAO! This is the funniest post I've seen in a while, Brenn. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
Luckily, most of those facts aren't true. But only most of them. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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