The winter is approaching..

What do foreign people think about Finnish people? We are shy, not talkative, we drink too much, we are monsters bacause we eat Rudolf (reindeer) and no matter how many minus degrees there is we never feel cold. I've have heard the last one here so many times during the past weeks when it has been around +15C. What  can I say.. I come from a city where it can be -35C druing winter and +30 during summer. And unlike many people think we go on with our daily lives when it's -30C ;)


The winter is approaching.. (in Celsius)
+10° French people turn the heat on. People in northern Finland are planting flowers.
+5° Finnish people are sunbathing if the Sun happens to rise above horizon.
+2° Cars made in Italy won't start.
0° Distilled water freezes.
-1° You can see your breath. It's time to plan a vacation to the Mediterranean Sea. Finnish people are eating ice cream and drinking cold beer.
-4° The cat wants to sleep in the same bed with you.
-10° Time to plan a vacation to Africa. Finnish people go swimming.
-12° Too cold for it to snow.
-15° Cars made in France don't start.
-18° People in Helsinki turn the heat on.
-20° You can hear your breathing.
-22° Cars made in America won't start. It's too cold to ice skate.
-23° Politicians start to worry about homeless people.
-24° Cars made in Japan won't start.
-26° You can cut the vapour of you breath to build an iglu.
-29° The cat wants to sleep in the same pajamas.
-30° Cars made in Germany won't start. Finnish people swear, kick their cars and go start their Ladas.
-31° It's too cold to kiss because your lips would freeze together. Finnish football teams start practises for the next season.
-35° Time to plan a hot bath for two weeks. Finnish people are shoveling snow.
-39° Mercury freezes. It's too cold to think. Finnish people button up their shirts.
-40° The car wants to sleep in the same bed with you. Finnish people put on pullovers.
-45° Finnish people close the windows.
-50° Sea lions abandon Greenland. Finnish people start using gloves.
-70° Polar bears abandon the North Pole. In the University of Lapland in northern Finland they have a sports day.
-75° Santa Claus leaves the polar circle. Finnish people put on a hat.
-250° Alcohol freezes. This makes Finnish people really upset.
-268° Helium turns liquid.
-270° Hell freezes over.
-273,15° Absolute zero. All particles stop moving. Finnish people admit that it's starting to be a bit cold and pour another shot.