Friday, December 23, 2005

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant gardens.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
Italian Cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)
American water freezes . Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat. Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
Mt.St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
Ethyl alcohol Freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

3 Comments:

Blogger FV Tom said...

Too funny! I'm Californian but I begin to shiver below 70 degrees! It was nice driving around with the top down on the car today.

Merry Christmas!
Tom

1:21 PM  
Blogger havlow said...

Hee hee hee you crazy Canadians :) Hope you have a Merry Xmas and glad to see you got the links up...although I don't see mine on there!! BOO :)

12:23 AM  
Blogger Jennifer Pearson said...

Jeremy, I used your list, remember? You would't have your own link on your list...I still have work to do - there are some broken links. Just some quotation marks in the wrong place. Its coming along. - jennifer A.

9:24 AM  

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