So true. So true.

And also if you think +4 C is “that warm”.

Couldn’t agree more

Is this a Finnish thing or a Celsius-Fahrenheit -thing?

Totally disagree, I always say “minus”! It’s been a warm winter and a year, you know.
http://www.fmi.fi/uutiset/index.html?Id=1138781996.htm
http://www.fmi.fi/uutiset/index_7.html?Id=1135932342.html

Celsius suits Finland well, because it’s all about water freezing or not freezing.

Mr. Fahrenheit designed Fahrenheit, so that it shouldn’t go negative, but it goes anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

Or then you’ve been in Finland too long when you think that +4c is “warm”

I beg to differ… If the combination of knowing that it’s February and looking out of the window isn’t enough to tell you it’s MINUS 4 C out there, you obviously haven’t been here nearly long enough.

Oh come on,
what’s negative in being at -4 C ?

In every single country that uses Celsius grades and that is situated so that the temperature drops below freezing, people will use the word “minus” to indicate that the temperature outside has dropped below the freezing point of water. It is definitely not just a Finnish thing.

And yes, minus 4 degress Celsius is warm in February.

I found it funny that in summer, our Finnish friends would insist on saying “PLUS 20″ etc. for the temperature. Only in Finland do you have to, in the middle of summer, make sure everyone knows it’s above freezing

you know you’ve been in finland too long when you accept a free shot of jaloviina and its not just cuz you are being polite…

When my friend Antti is called ‘she’, and Riikka is referred to as ‘he’

$2.25 per gallon gasoline seems like an incredible bargain

The other day, I had to go grocery shopping. I instinctively put all my old beer bottles in a bag and took them with me only to realize my mistake while entering the store

-4 C !! In February!??! In Finland!! The global warming, yes, that’s clear! You have so huge dirty factories, bad traffic etc.

Come to Moscow, Russia. We have -30 C We won again )
The air is so clean! No pollution at all, you know.