December 29, 2004

It's all starting to make sense

I went home this past weekend and I found out I was adopted. Well, I just kind of assumed I am adopted. Judging from the temperature of my parent's house, they are descended from Eskimo types and I am descended from whiny tropical types. It is so fricken cold in that house. I'll say, "Wow I'm really really freezing." And they'll go look at the thermostat and say, "Well, it says here that it's 73 degrees in here. So you must be warm. I may have given birth to you and raised you for 18 years, but I'm gonna take the thermostat's word over yours." And then I'll say, "Well, if the thermostat says I'm warm, I must be. My feet, which are turning blue as we speak, are obviously mistaken." Posted by mill1991 at December 29, 2004 03:24 PM | TrackBack
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You're right. Those objective machine readings of temperature are notorious for not being as accurate as your icy feet. What it shout say is 73 +/- 25.

Short of fixing that obviously defective thermostat, maybe some warm slippers would solve your problems. As would booze.

Posted by: Jim at December 30, 2004 12:00 PM

It might be worth noting, Tim, that heat rises. So, if we take your enthusiasms of The Arcade Fire's record to heart (and they are so true - I really love this record), then your toes should be headed for higher altitudes and warmer (if wetter) climes as long as “Funeral” remains in heavy rotation.

Right?

Posted by: John at December 30, 2004 10:01 PM
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