* + 15° C: This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun, getting a tan.
* + 10° C: The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.
* + 5° C: Italian cars won't start. The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.
* 0° C: Distilled water freezes. The water in the Vanda river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.
* - 5° C: People in California almost freeze to death. The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.
* - 10° C: The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long sleeves.
* - 20° C: The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.
* - 30° C: People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the Earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.
* - 40° C: Paris starts cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hotdog stands.
* - 50° C: Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
* - 60° C: Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.
* - 70° C: The false Santas (from Sweden and Denmark) move south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes out on winter survival training.
* - 183° C: Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
* - 273° C: ALL atom-based movement halts. The Finns start saying: "Perkele, it's cold outside."
* - 300° C: Hell freezes over. Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
