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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackrat" data-source="post: 4020306" data-attributes="member: 27761">This is a quite old finnish joke and I don't know if it's taken from somewhere else but I'll translate it as best as I can. Not word to word but rather the idea.Thermometer in celcius degrees+10 Swedes turn on the heat. Finns plant flowers.+5 Finns sunbathe, provided the sun get's over the horizon.+2 Italian cars won't start.0 Water freezes-1 Breath turns visible. Time to plan for a holiday in mediterranean. Finns enjoy ice-cream and cold beer.-4 Cat wants to get in your bed.-10 Time to plan holiday in Africa. Finns go swimming.-12 Too cold for snow to fall.-15 French cars won't start-20 Breath turns audible-22 American cars won't start.-23 Politicians start to worry about homeless people.-24 Japanese cars won't start-26 You can cut breath to building blocks for iglu-29 Cat wants to get in your pyjamas.-30 German cars won't start. Finn curses, kicks the tire and heads to start the Lada.-31 Too cold to kiss, lips would freeze together. Finns clean the driveways.-35 Time to plan a two-week hot bath. Helsinki Soccerteam starts to practice for spring-season.-39 Mercury freezes. Too cold to think. Finns button the shirt up.-40 Car wants to get in your bed.-45 Finns close the bathroom windows.-50 Sealions leave Greenland. Finns put on gloves.-70 Polarbears leave the pole. Helsinki University holds a sportsday.-75 Santa leaves the pole. Finns put on a hat.-250 Alcohol freezes. Finns get angry.-268 Helium turns liquid.-270 Hell freezes over.-273,15 Absolute Zero. All molecular movement ceases. Even finns agree that "Well it's starting to get a bit chilly."[sblock=Same in °F]50°F Swedes turn on the heat. Finns plant flowers.41°F Finns sunbathe, provided the sun get's over the horizon.35°F Italian cars won't start.32°F Water freezes30°F Breath turns visible. Time to plan for a holiday in mediterranean. Finns enjoy ice-cream and cold beer.25°F Cat wants to get in your bed.14°F Time to plan holiday in Africa. Finns go swimming.10°F Too cold for snow to fall.5°F French cars won't start-4°F Breath turns audible-8°F American cars won't start.-9°F Politicians start to worry about homeless people.-11°F Japanese cars won't start-15°F You can cut breath to building blocks for iglu-20°F Cat wants to get in your pyjamas.-22°F German cars won't start. Finn curses, kicks the tire and heads to start the Lada.-24°F Too cold to kiss, lips would freeze together. Finns clean the driveways.-31°F Time to plan a two-week hot bath. Helsinki Soccerteam starts to practice for spring-season.-39°F Mercury freezes. Too cold to think. Finns button the shirt up.-40°F Car wants to get in your bed.-49°F Finns close the bathroom windows.-58°F Sealions leave Greenland. Finns put on gloves.-94°F Polarbears leave the pole. Helsinki University holds a sportsday.-100°F Santa leaves the pole. Finns put on a hat.-420°F Alcohol freezes. Finns get angry.-450°F Helium turns liquid.-454°F Hell freezes over.-459.67°F Absolute Zero. All molecular movement ceases. Even finns agree that "Well it's starting to get a bit chilly."[/sblock]</blockquote>

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