Winter in Minnesota (humor)

[Ysne]

Minnesota Winter

60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Minnesota plant gardens.

50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Duluth sunbathe.

40 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Minnesota drive with the windows down.

32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes.
The water in Bemidji gets thicker.

20 above zero:
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Minnesota throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Minnesota have the last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero:
People in Miami all die.
Minnesotans close the windows.

10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Minnesota get out their winter coats.

25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Minnesota let the dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Minnesotans get upset because they can't start the Mini-Van.

460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.)
People in Minnesota start saying..."Cold 'nuff fer ya?"

500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Minnesota public schools will open 2 hours late.

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I have no idea who wrote this. Hubby emailed it to me this morning.

[MarcusAurelio]

I've heard stories almost identical with the exception that Finns or Estonians have been in the role of the frost-immune. Could that joke be inspired by current events? I hear it's pretty freezing up there..

[ra5946]

Man it does get cold up there. Very flat land so the winds and fronts come rolling in.

Went to school in Duluth as a kid. I remember by the time I got to school in the morning, my "snot" had made nice little yellow icicles hanging from my nose.

I moved to Texas and I was like "what the heck does closed for snow day mean?"

I have a really cool picture from years ago that I'll try to find and post.
*for those who don't know* Minnesota is edged by Lake Superior. This lake is so big it's actually affected by the moon and has waves (the wind helps too) One day it was so cold it actually froze the waves as they crashed. My dad took several pictures.

[Shank]

Its kind of cold here in MI at the moment, but nowhere near that cold. I never heard of waves just freezing. That IS cold. And I can only guess the people up in the U.P. only haven't got it that bad because of all the hills, mountains, and trees blocking all the wind. And schools in Cadillac don't get snow days either, but they do get fog days.....strange.

[Ysne]

It is really, really cold.