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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Jan 12, 2015, 01:13 PM Jan 2015

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So how cold is it?

Where I came from it was, "Colder than a well-digger's ass" or "Colder than a witch's ___ (rhymes with "clips&quot . Here's other regional sayings - I like the one "Colder than a brass toilet seat in the Yukon"

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54671/11-obscure-regional-phrases-describe-cold

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So how cold is it? (Original Post) packman Jan 2015 OP

.................. polly7 Feb 2015 #1

Lol! cwydro Feb 2015 #2

It's -35C here today, -44C with the wind chill factor. polly7 Feb 2015 #4

Here in Los Angeles it's been below 70 all day. Brrrr... Lionel Mandrake Feb 2015 #3

I don't know... Wounded Bear Feb 2015 #5

Not as bad as yesterday. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #6

polly7

(20,582 posts)

1. ..................

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:48 AM

Feb 2015

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cwydro

(51,308 posts)

2. Lol!

Reply to polly7 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:55 AM

Feb 2015

polly7

(20,582 posts)

4. It's -35C here today, -44C with the wind chill factor.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 09:26 AM

Feb 2015

And snow, lots and lots of it. My furnace hasn't quit for days!

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)

3. Here in Los Angeles it's been below 70 all day. Brrrr...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:11 PM

Feb 2015

Some say "colder than a nun's **** on Good Friday", but that's not nice.

I'll admit it's not really that cold here.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

5. I don't know...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 11:40 AM

Feb 2015

but if you have any brass monkeys in the yard, you'd better bring them in.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. Not as bad as yesterday.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 11:53 AM

Feb 2015

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