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Indeed. Europeans are such pansies when it comes to the cold. My hometown’s average winter temperatures (in the Chicago suburbs) are colder than Tromso Norway. The average August temperatures are hotter than Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
I would pretend to be a badass, but that just means that I only complain about the weather when I’m back home*.
*Except spring and fall.
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This sign was at Slush Helsinki event main entrance, not at the airport.
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Temperatures just around freezing can create conditions more unpleasant than severe sub-zero temperatures, though- surface ice is much more slippery and the damp air can feel colder.
A friend of mine moved to Finland from northern England and finds the much colder winters more pleasant.
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It must have been Paradoxical Biting due to the cold. I definitely wasn’t hungry.
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That’s actually a plot point in Vilhelm Moberg’s historical novels about Swedish settlers to Minnesota in the 19th century – the Swedes think they know winter, but are completely unprepared for the cold they experience.
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So they have a high tolerance for it? That term has always struck me as a little odd. It was 19 degrees F, 7 Celsius when I took this picture. Pansies seem to love the cold.
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Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?
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By that, I assume you mean “Sow-nuh”.
ETA: Sow as in female pig, not planting stuff.
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Helsinky? Isn’t that in Hell’s Kitcheny?
That joke killed 'em back before radio. We had to make up our own entertainment.
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No
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Not always:
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“Pony Trekking or camping,
or just watching TV…”
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