I walked the girls to the bus stop this morning. It was -28 degrees. Without windchill factored in.
In case you didn't see it, that is a dash in front of the temperature. A dash, for crying out loud!
Which makes me ponder the marketing minds that came up with that naming convention. Why the dash? Any increment of measure describing a temperature which is precedded by a dash, can't be a good sign. A dash.... and I don't think people like it. Hey, they don't like the cold, why give them a negative association with it by putting the negative or minus sign in front of it.
Instead of just complaining about the cold, I'm going to make some suggestion for improving it.
Nobody likes the number zero. (Sorry zero, you know it's true). Couldn't they have just put the zero degree mark way colder than what it will ever get so that everything is warmer than zero? It's insulting to say you are 'below zero'. How low is that?
Or might I suggest inventing a new symbol, something that looks like a hood ornament on a fancy car, and prefacing the temperature with that. We could then call it "Mercedes Benz 28 degrees" instead of -28 degrees.
An acronym reminding them of something positive might work. "It is ICBW 28 degrees out." (It Could Be Worse).
It's -28 degrees and humans have to live here. At least give them something positive to think about while they are walking their kids to the bus stop and struggling in a coat-turned-straightjacket because of the plastic shell freezing in the wind.
The upside? I found one this week. We made an offer on a house. The realtor waived the termite inspection. Being from the South, I got a little heated at this. She said there are no termites in Minnesota.
There can't be, it's ICBW 28 degrees out!
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Brrr! I got cold just seeing that picture!
Congrats on the house! Enjoy it!
Minnesota, Ey? That's where my boyfriend is from. "-20 degrees feels just like 20 degrees. when it's cold, it's cold" so he says... He also wears a light jacket and t-shirts all winter so maybe he's adapted...
I can't keep up with all your moving! Good luck!
I was just wondering about you guys and how school went for the kiddos.
And it's funny because you started in on your talk about the -28 weather and I, in fact, did NOT note the dash so already my mind was shocked and surprised that you were thinking that was terribly cold. I was like "Dude it was 12 down here this morning. How could that be?" This is all because I have never seen such a negative number outside of a penguin special on Antarctica!! Just the sound of that number froze the liquid in my eyes and now I can't even blink I'm so speechless. { : O
I believe the termite people now too! Yikes. Yeah for making an offer on a house. Can't wait to see pics. I DO hope it has a fireplace and good insulation.
ICBW made me laugh out loud. LAUGH OUT LOUD. I won't complain with our ICBW 1˚ then.
Hang in there Jason, zero degree weather will be back before you know it.
I'm going to go read a book. And I'm going to feel sorry for zero the entire time.
I shall now write a story about Zero and post it on my blog. I think he (or she) has potential.
I'd rather not think about ICBW28. We're looking at ICBW6 tonight.
And as usual, you have the most amazingly creative way of looking at a situation. Bravo.
Which is -33.333333333 degrees Celsius
Dear zero-hater, you are freaking hilarious! You're comment "Sorry zero, you know it's true" had me laughing so hard I had ice come out my nose! (it was in the ICBW's here, too. Wait... ummm... maybe just the DIIC's...)
Jason, what you're wishing for already exists! We just don't frequently measure temperature in kelvin, but 0 degrees kelvin is absolute zero (like -500 degrees fahrenheit) and you can't go any lower than absolute zero. Maybe we should start measuring temp in kelvin. You should launch a national campaign; get a bunch of signatures on a petition. Then we don't have to do ICBWs!
A fireplace, definitely, Jason. I admit, I thought of you this morning as I was watching the Weather Channel and saw all those negative numbers over Minnesota. Your hot blood is running cold now, eh?
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