Temperature scale for Norway
+15°C / 59°F (This is as warm as it gets in Norway, so we'll start here.)
People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves.
The Norwegians are out in the sun, getting a tan.
+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.
+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start.
The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.
0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes.
The water in the Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.
-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freeze to death.
The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter.
-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses.
The Norwegians start using long sleeves.
-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca.
The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations.
Autumn is here.
-30°C / -22°F
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth! The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.
-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold.
The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.
-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole.
The Norwegian army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south.
The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.
-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive.
The Norwegian cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atomic and subatomic particle movement halts.
The Norwegians start saying "Faen, it's cold outside today."
-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over.
Norway joins the European Union.
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