The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for October 01, 2016
September 30, 2016
October 02, 2016
Transcript:
Men in the back: You're getting colder...colder...even colder...now you're less cold...colder. Oh- less cold again.
Caption: Another classic eskimo game: find the ice cube.
I lived in Northern Michigan. We used an old Physics approach to Winter: There is no such thing as “cold”, what you are experiencing is the absence of heat.While technically true, it really didn’t help much.
Nothing but theTruthPotentially? Several Arctic villages have had to relocate already because of sea level rise and the absence of sea ice to prevent littoral erosion.
“Back in the day” (I don’t like that phrase) it was considered cool (pardon the pun) to be “ice cold” or “cold blooded”. Many nicknames came from that attitude.Even the French had a term, “Sang froid”, literally “Cold blood”.
J Short about 8 years ago
Those other two guys are warming the bench.
prunes666 about 8 years ago
I can’t think of a good enough reply for this one. In fact I’m Aleut of puns!
Radish... about 8 years ago
It was a piece left over from an Ikea igloo kit.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 8 years ago
I lived in Northern Michigan. We used an old Physics approach to Winter: There is no such thing as “cold”, what you are experiencing is the absence of heat.While technically true, it really didn’t help much.
hippogriff about 8 years ago
Nothing but theTruthPotentially? Several Arctic villages have had to relocate already because of sea level rise and the absence of sea ice to prevent littoral erosion.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 8 years ago
“Back in the day” (I don’t like that phrase) it was considered cool (pardon the pun) to be “ice cold” or “cold blooded”. Many nicknames came from that attitude.Even the French had a term, “Sang froid”, literally “Cold blood”.