On Mar 14, 2006, at 10:09, Jenny Barron wrote:
I thought this was apt
It also explains why, when I visited UK, the farther north I went, the
better I "connected"... People in colder climates tend to have a better
sense of humour :) It's the same way in Poland, except, in our case,
the rugged mountains and people with the sense of humour are in the
*South* <g>
An American "friend" (e-correspondent) of mine who once went to Finland
reported the same sort of correlation between the cold and the
appreciation of bizarre... "They don't talk much", he wrote "it's as if
they were afraid the words would freeze in their throats. But, when
they do say something, it's worth listening to carefully"
jenny barron
somewhat chilly south of Inverness
Minus 80F degrees Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on
Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers
About there?
T, in "Lextropolis", Virginia, where we've had a "precipitous drop"
(20+degree Farenheit) in temps within the past 24 hrs. The highest we
got up to today was 60F and it's "only" 45 now (it was 72 last night at
the same hour). In the middle of *March*??? Not that I mind... Being
able to keep my windows open and the the thermostat down is better than
a good portion of smoked fish (I don't care for chocolate), given the
price of gas (and "gas", aka petrol)...
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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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