{"id":389,"date":"2015-06-28T07:55:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T11:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=389"},"modified":"2015-06-19T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T04:10:28","slug":"the-canuck-temperature-conversion-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"The Canuck Temperature Conversion Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>+15 degrees C : Vancouverites try to turn on the heat. Manitobans plant gardens.<\/p>\n<p>+10 degrees C: Victorians shiver uncontrollably and dig out their longjohns. Winnipeggers sunbathe.<\/p>\n<p>+5 degrees C: Italian and German cars won&#8217;t start. Winnipeggers drive with the windows down.<\/p>\n<p>Zero C: Distilled water freezes. Winnipeg&#8217;s water gets thicker.<\/p>\n<p>-5 degrees C: Torontonians wear coats, gloves and wool hats. Manitobans throw on a t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>-15 degrees C: Quebecers begin to evacuate the province. Manitobans go swimming.<\/p>\n<p>-20 degrees C: Toronto landlords finally turn up the heat. Manitobans have the last cookout before it gets cold.<\/p>\n<p>-25 degrees C: People in Vancouver cease to exist. Manitobans lick flagpoles.<\/p>\n<p>-30 degrees C: Calgarians fly away to Mexico. Manitobans throw on a light jacket.<\/p>\n<p>-40 degrees C: Hamilton disintegrates. Manitobans rent some videos.<\/p>\n<p>-50 degrees C: Mt. St. Helen&#8217;s across the border freezes. Winnipeg Girl Scotts begin selling cookies door to door.<\/p>\n<p>-60 degrees C: Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. Manitoban Boy Scouts postpone &#8220;Winter Survival&#8221; classes until it gets cold enough.<\/p>\n<p>-80 degrees\u00a1 C: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Winnipeggers pull down their earflaps.<\/p>\n<p>-100 degrees C: Ethyl alcohol freezes. Manitobans get frustrated when they can&#8217;t thaw the keg.<\/p>\n<p>-200 degrees C: Microbial life survives on dairy products. Manitoba cows complain of farmers with cold hands.<\/p>\n<p>-300 degrees C: ALL atomic motion stops. Manitobans start saying &#8220;Cold &#8217;nuff for ya?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-400 degrees C: Hell freezes over. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/canada_funny3.jpg\" alt=\"canada_funny3\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/canada_funny3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/canada_funny3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/canada_funny3-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+15 degrees C : Vancouverites try to turn on the heat. Manitobans plant gardens. +10 degrees C: Victorians shiver uncontrollably and dig out their longjohns. Winnipeggers sunbathe. +5 degrees C: Italian and German cars won&#8217;t start. Winnipeggers drive with the windows down. Zero C: Distilled water freezes. Winnipeg&#8217;s water gets thicker. -5 degrees C: Torontonians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6709,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/6709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}