[guess who]

Our President is intending to visit Australia the other day! Saying “our” I mean Russian of course)) So in order to let you know a bit more about our mysterious soul I paste this:




Temperature Extremes

+20° - Greeks put on sweaters (if they can find them).
+15° - Hawaiians turn on the heaters (if they have them).
+10° - Americans shake, Russians are planting cucumbers.
+5° - You can see your own breathing. Italian cars don't start. Norwegians take a bath. Russians drive with lowered windows.

0° - Water freezes in America, in Russia
it thickens.
-5° - French cars don't start.
-10° - You're planning a vacation to Australia
.
-15° - Your cat insists to sleep in your bed. Norwegians put on sweaters.
-18° - New York landlords turn on the heaters. Russians make their last seasonal picnic.

-20° - American cars don't start. People in Alaska start wearing long-sleeves.
-25° - German cars don't start. Hawaiians are dead.

-30° - Politicians start talking about homeless people. Your cat prefers to sleep in your pajamas.
-35° - Too cold to think. Japanese cars don't start.
-40° - You're planning a 2-week hot tub bath. Swedish cars don't start.

-42° - Transportation stops in Europe. Russians eat ice cream on the street.
-45° - All Greeks are dead. Politicians really start doing something for the homeless.

-50° - Your eyelids start sticking when you blink. In Alaska, people close the window in the bathroom.

-60° - White bears start moving south.
-70° - #### freezes.
-73° - Finnish special services evacuate Santa Claus from Lapland
. Russians wear earmuff hats.
-80° - Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets.
-114° - Ethyl alcohol is freezing. Russians are unhappy.
-273° - Absolute zero, atomic movement stops. Russians wear boots.
-295° - 90% of the planet is dead. Russian soccer team becomes the world champion.

[glen]

nice one!!! so do you personally like the cold then?

[guess who]

You know they say it depends upon the air humidity…dat means -40 in Sybiria in nothing comparing to -20 somewhere in St.Petersburg. Humid cold air is really unbearable. Well as I’m 100% Siberian girl I like cold weather and winter activity…And it’s true that you can meet tough guys eating ice-cream in a street when it is 30 degrees below zero))) But the deeper cold penetrates through your body reaching your bones the stronger you desire to move to some hotter place on this Earth)))
Ok Glen what in the lowest temperature you ever experienced in your life?

[glen]

guess who, on Sep 6 2007, 03:27 PM, said:

Ok Glen what in the lowest temperature you ever experienced in your life?

maybe minus 2 when i visited the snowfields (Mt Buller).

the hottest i have had is about 42 degrees

[helen m]

i was wondering if the russian's fondness for vodka has anything to do with this (after all, doesn't alcohol lower the freezing point of liquids?)

[glen]

yep russian blood cannot freeze as it is 40% alcohol LOL