Finn, and proud of it

[jaska]

Weather effects in Finland and rest of the World:
+15c Spanish wear caps, gloves and winter coats, Finns are sunbathing.
+10c French desperately try to get their central heating on. Finns plant flowers.
+5c Italian cars won't start. Finns drive with convertibles.
... 0c Pure water freezes. Water in river Vantaa thinkens a bit.
-5c First people are found frozen in California. Finnish midsummer festival ends.
-10c Scottish turn the heat on in their houses. Finns start to use long-sleeve shirts.
-20c Swedes stay indoors. Finns are having last barbeque before winter.
-30c Half of the Greek people have frozen to death. Finns start to dry their laundry indoors.
-40c Fake Santas are moving to south. Finnish army cancels winter training due to warm weather.
-50c Daninsh people are loosing their teeth. Finns rent movies and stay indoors.
-60c Polarbears evacuate North Pole. Finnish army starts its winter training.
-70c Siberian people are moving to Moscow. Finns are furious since the Koskenkorva can't be stored outdoors anymore.
-273c ABsolute Zero. Finns admit that it is quite cold outside.
-300c Hell freezes over. Finland wins soccer World Cup.

[strk]

You dont even know how I long for visit your beautiful country and drink some bottle of "Finlandia" with brothers in papermodeling

Parhain terveisin,

Strk.

[herky]

lived in your great country for 10 months back in the eighties.place called pudasjarvi-excuse spelling

[willygoat]

I had the wonderful pleasure of visiting Finland two summers ago. Oh, how I long to return. I am very jealous of your land. I really wouldn't mind the long dark winters either.

[avro202]

We have something similar in Canada-

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)

• New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
• Canadians plant gardens.

40° Fahrenheit (4.4° C)

• Californians shiver uncontrollably.
• Canadians Sunbathe.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)

• Italian Cars won't start
• Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)

• Distilled 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.

-40° Fahrenheit (-40° C)

• Hollywood disintegrates.
• Canadians rent some videos.

-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 beer 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.

[willygoat]

Aaaahahahahahaa
"-500 degrees- Hell freezes over/ Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup"

That's hilarious!!!

[jaska]

Hell has frozen at least once

[ContourCraig]

Hell will truly freeze over when any PaperModeler finn-ishes his stack of projects.

[Cybergrinder]

Originally Posted by ContourCraig

Hell will truly freeze over when any PaperModeler finn-ishes his stack of projects.

Good one! That's when hell freezes over, pigs fly and politics is considered an honest occupation!

(unbuilt models so far - A4 Lever arch file, bulging at the seams and still growing....)

[herky]

Originally Posted by Cybergrinder

Good one! That's when hell freezes over, pigs fly and politics is considered an honest occupation!

(unbuilt models so far - A4 Lever arch file, bulging at the seams and still growing....)

ok i must be awake as i just understood your quote