Winnipegians are a hearty folk with antifreeze running in their veins. The temperature is somewhere around minus 35 degrees. That’s without the wind chill factor. With wind chill, it’s about minus 50. Fifty degrees below zero!
With such balmy temperatures, the local corner stores do a brisk business in slushie drinks. I’m not kidding here — the convenience store at the Husky station had a giant sign on the sidewalk that advertised their ice-cold “Cold Sucks”.
Here I am with my brother, Doctor Destructo, relaxing in the back yard with our slush drinks. It’s thirty below in a sheltered spot. At least our slushies won’t melt before we finish them.