We are back to our milder-than-normal winter weather here in Connecticut, but last weekend, like just about everyone else I follow, it was freezing. Actually, it was below freezing. 42 degrees below freezing. -10°f (-23°c) isn’t nearly as bad the other negative numbers I’ve been reading about, but it reminded of a funny story.
This happened back in the aughts—I looked that up. What do you call the decade from 2000 to 2009—Google says “The aughts (American English) or noughties (British English).” I’m going to have to ask my friends from across the pond if ‘noughties’ is the right term because I’d be hesitant to use that. I digress. At some point in that decade, I started being invited to our company’s Annual Meeting. It was held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida every year in February. It began with a Super Bowl party and rolled through lunch on Tuesday. I seem to be drifting again. I know, one-liner. Sorry.
The first time I flew to Ft. Lauderdale, I snagged a taxi. I got in the cab and started chatting with the driver. He was from Jamaica. I asked him if the weather was normal for Ft. Lauderdale in February—it was 70°f (21°c). He said it was a little cool that day. Then he asked me what the weather was like where I was from. I told him I was from Connecticut and that it was two degrees below zero when I left. Feel free to imagine your best Jamaican accent for his one liner.
“The temperature can go below the zero? I did not know that.”
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. Linda is well aware that the temperature can go below the zero. If you have a one-liner, or if you would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
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