Funny for Friday...

I may be a soft sell today, but it gave me a chuckle. And it's oh so true!!

(Though I am feeling sorry for my friends in Florida the past couple of days - it's really really cold for you guys!! In the morning...)

Which reminds me - when we lived in Jacksonville, folks were telling me all of the time how cold it got there in the winter... And I was thinking it had to be total BS! So I asked a friend (from Saskatoon Canada) who had been living there for some time what the deal was, and as she put it while rolling her eyes... "Rich, sometime in February you will find yourself wearing socks with your birkenstocks - that's about it."

So - from the email bag...

COLD IS A RELATIVE THING...

65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Wisconsin plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Wisconsin sunbathe.

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

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Wisconsin throw on a flannel shirt.

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

20 above Zero
People in Miami all die.
Wisconsinites close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in Wisconsin get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Wisconsin are selling cookies door to door.

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

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Wisconsinites get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Wisconsin start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Wisconsin public schools will open 2 hours late
(Actually - some even close! But still...)