Friday, July 15, 2005

Cultural diferences - coldness

I was always facinated by people from the Nordic countries and their way of dealing with coldness. Especially by Finish. I will never forget scene on one AIESEC conference where it was so cold that the penguins would faint, whole plenary was freezing and a Finish girl wearing mini skirt and flip-flops!!!
I guess it's all about cultural diferences!


+15°C
People in Spain are starting to wear winter clothes and glows. Finish people are sunbathing and catching suntan.

+10°C
French people are starting to use central heating. Finish are planting flowers.

+5°C
Italian cars won’t start. Finish are driving cabriolets.

0°C
Water is freezing. Water in the river Vantaa is just getting a bit thicker.

-5°C
People in California are freezing to death. Finish are making the last barbecue before summer.

-10°C
British are starting to heat their houses. Finish are starting to wear long pants.

-20°C
Finish people are ending their Midsummer festival. The autumn has arrived.

-30°C
Greeks are dying of coldness and vanishing from the face of the Earth. Finish are starting to dry their clothes inside.

-40°C
Zagreb is breaking down from the cold. Finish are standing in the line for hot dogs.

-50°C
Polar bears are being evacuated from the North Pole. Finish army is starting the preparation for winter surviving, waiting for the real winter.

-60°C
Korvatunturi (home of the Santa) is frozen. Finish are renting DVDs and watching them indoors.

-70°C
Santa is moving to the south. Finish are frustrated coz they can’t leave their Kossu (Koskenkorovaq vodka) outside.

-183°C
Microbes in the food can’t survive. Finish cows discover that finish farmers have cold hands.

-273°C
Everything, including the atoms stops moving. Finish say “Darn, it’s really cold today!”

-300°C
Even the hell is frozen. Finish song wins on Eurovision.

3 comments:

Jeet said...

Funny stuff...

Was actually looking forward to seeing what your soundtrack was like, figured you'd maybe have put it up by now, am looking for some new stuff to listen too :P

nyways cheers...

Anonymous said...

i know the finish make excellent metal... wintersun being one ofthe best i have discovered so far, which only goes to prove your point with the finish and cold.

cheers

PierreF said...

Hey - i came across your blog through Shashaank's... this last post was absolutely hilarious!! :)

Cheers,

Pierre