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88 degrees

posted 13 years ago by kateskye
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Okay, so in the episode "Fever" Manny is terrified of it getting up to 88 degrees. All the other characters also complain about the heat. So I say to myself, "I'm American, this must be a celsius translation problem." But 88 degrees celsius is 190 degrees fahrenheit, so that's not really possible. If 88 degrees is supposed to be in fahrenheit then what's the big deal? It's really not that hot.

It's a silly thing, I know, but it was bugging me the whole episode. Any insight? Maybe someone from the UK can clear this up for me.

[–] sirmildredpierce 9 years ago

If 88 degrees is supposed to be in fahrenheit then what's the big deal? It's really not that hot.

It's borderline hot, especially if you are inside instead of outside, but you gotta remember it's also supposed to be a little absurd. The whole show is absurd and surreal. In previous episode Bill Bailey's character discovered he could play the piano perfectly *with spoons*. There's about a dozen things in this episode that is more absurd.

[–] catjoescreed 9 years ago

Now you're just being logical. Who exactly do you think you are?

[–] jstatser 9 years ago

'... he could play the piano perfectly *with spoons*. ' And how many keys does a piano have? There you have it, proof that Kennedy and Elvis are being kept alive by alien dinosaurs inside a pyramid in Atlantis.

"Pardon me while I have a strange interlude"- Marx

[–] napgar1982 9 years ago

After reading this thread I'm pretty sad. I live in the lower sierras in California and in 2015 the lowest temperature was 12 Fahrenheit and the highest was 103. I had no idea that so many places had such a small range of temperatures. Sounds like heaven...

[–] ProfessorFrink79 9 years ago

This is England! 88F is about 31C, which is VERY hot for us. We're lucky if we get as high as 25C in summer. Which is why we tend not to have air conditioning in our houses/shops - we simply don't need it.

When life gives you lemons, shut up and eat the damn lemons.

[–] jstatser 9 years ago

Come on down to Dallas this Summer, 102 F, 85% humidity. Don't hurry, plenty of time Summer can stretch from late May into September.

"Pardon me while I have a strange interlude"- Marx

[–] ProfessorFrink79 9 years ago

Holy crap! How do you get anything done in that sort of heat? Don't you all just lie around sweating and drinking cold drinks all day?

When life gives you lemons, shut up and eat the damn lemons.

[–] jstatser 9 years ago

We move slow and make sacrifices to the Great and wonderful FREON god of air conditioning.

"Pardon me while I have a strange interlude"- Marx

[–] neverstandinalone 8 years ago

I was catching up on this board and I noticed your comment . If Dallas (even hotter) is anything like Mississippi, our spring starts in Feb. goes right into summer by the end of March. I hold out each year and suffer thru the heat until mid April to keep the utility bill down. And our heat lasts from March, sometimes Feb. until November around Thansgiving. I was living in Washington 2 yrs prior to now, and during that time the South had unusually cold weather. Summers still are HOT.

Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is laziness. So stop being so lazy!