January 23, 2009
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A Week?
I just don’t know what’s wrong with me. The old blogging fire is burning low.
Probably because life is just pretty plain boring right now.
Yesterday I chaired a meeting via videoconferencing. There were 4 different sites participating. When someone from any of the other three sites would speak that site would show up on the video.
I kept asking the participant from Yankton questions.
Not because I particularly cared about the answers.
Nope.
It was because her video tech was sitting right beside her…and he was smokin’ hot.
And for your entertainment I give you this. At least one little factoid in the following list is incorrect. Which of you are nerdy enough to catch it?
When It Is:
**60 above zero:**
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in South Dakota plant gardens.
*50 above zero:**
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Pierre sunbathe.
*40 above zero:**
Italian & English cars won’t start.
People in South Dakota drive with the windows down.
*32 above zero:**
Distilled water freezes.
The water in the Missouri River gets thicker.
20 above zero:**
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in South Dakota throw on a flannel shirt.
*15 above zero:*
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in South Dakota have the last cookout before it gets cold.
*Zero: *
People in Miami all die.
South Dakota close the windows.
*10 below zero:**
Californians fly away to Tahiti .
People in South Dakota get out their winter coats.
*25 below zero:*
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in South Dakota are selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero:*
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in South Dakota let the dogs sleep indoors.
100 below zero:**
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
South Dakotans get upset because they can’t start the Mini-Van.
*460 below zero: **
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.) People in South Dakota start saying…”Cold enough for ya?”
*500 below zero:*
Hell freezes over.
South Dakota public schools will open 2 hours late, buses will run where possible.
Comments (8)
I think maybe absolute zero isn’t 460 below. Isn’t it 453 or 457 or something?
Is that 460 below C or F ?
Not nerdy enough but I think t is damn funny…..
i used to love playing with the camera controls on video conferencing until i realised the people at the other end could see what i was doing to their picture ….
@Viewtiful_Justin - zero degrees celcius is 230 degrees Kelvin. Absolute zero Kelvin is -230 degrees celcius.
Only chemistry nerds like me keep track of stuff like that.
There you go. I knew it was something like that…
oh ye gods, Jason was going on about absolute zero and what weird effects it has on subatomic particles.
my blogging habits are lagging behind as well.
it may indeed be this time of year..
nothing exciting happening over here either.
be well,
*~matthew~*