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    English vs Scots

    English vs Scots

    50F degrees (= 10C)
    People in southern England turn on the central heating
    People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants

    40F degrees
    Southerners shiver uncontrollably
    Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs

    35F degrees (approx. 0C)
    Cars in the south of England refuse to start
    People in Falkirk drive with their windows down

    20F degrees
    Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats
    Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt & girls start wearing mini-skirts

    15F degrees
    Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent
    People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry

    Zero degrees
    Life in the south grinds to a halt
    Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold

    Minus 10F degrees
    Life in the south ceases to exist
    People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket

    Minus 80F degrees
    Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on
    Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers

    Minus 100F degrees
    Santa Claus abandons North Pole
    People in Stirling put on their 'long johns'

    Minus 173F degrees
    Alcohol freezes
    Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut

    Minus 297F degrees
    Microbial life starts to disappear
    The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands

    Minus 460F degrees
    All atomic motion stops
    Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands

    Minus 500F degrees
    Hell freezes over
    Scotland wins the 6 nations
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    LOL!

    Heard something much like that comcerning Wisconsin and Florida.

    macG
    breathing is not optional...
    HOW you breath IS

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    Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    What a great way to start the day! Thanks
    Monticola

    (O wad some Power the giftie gie us - to see oursels as ithers see us!)

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    That's good, mighty good!
    Glen

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    Kilted With Pride!!!

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    Great post to start the morning!
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    That's good stuff!
    A Scottish proverb: Better half hanged than ill mairied.

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    That's hilarious. The same could be said about the difference between New Englanders & Texans.
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    I have something similar about Minnesotans, too.

    And, according to the one I have, when the rest of the world disappears, Minnesotans button their top button.
    I'm not celtic; I inherited it from my children.

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