Finnish weather explained
+15°C / 59°F
This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here.
People in Spain wears winter-coats and gloves.
The Finns are out in the sun, getting a tan.+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating.
The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start.
The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes.
The water in the Vanda river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freeze to death.
The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses.
The Finns start using long sleeves.-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca.
The Finns 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 Finns start drying their laundry indoors.-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold.
The Finns stand in line at the "grilli-kioski".-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole.
The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.-60°C / -76°F
Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes.
The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south.
The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors.
The Finnish army goes out on winter survival training.-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive.
The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.-273°C / -459.4°F
All atom-based movent halts.
The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside today."-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over.
Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
1 comment:
'a big deal'...that doesn't even cover it by half james! it is the biggest night of the year ;) ok so since everyone has been singing in English the last few years we haven't won nearly as much but still...it is a MUST for fancy dress alcohol and bad music- what more could you want?! a 70 year old man stopped me in town today in my 'suomi' jumper and said, suomi- that's finland isn't it? did you see their entry for the eurovision??? shocking! Finland is officially on the map in the world!!! :D p.s. you just made my dissertation a whole lot easier with that post!!!
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