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“Colder than a witch’s tit"

2008.01.21
January 21, 2008 temperate -21 Fahrenheit -30 Celsius (with wind-chill -42 Celsius)


The people in Manitoba Canada are vigorous, robust and tolerable still going about their daily life’s dressing for the occasion .

Blocks of compressed snow getting ready for carving for the Festival de Voyageur in February

Talking the photos froze my eye lashes a very funny feeling to say the least however not preventable


The simple explanation is that "colder than a witch's tit" (or witch's teat, to use the older spelling) is just a vivid metaphor, like "hotter than the hinges of hell." Since a witch is in league with Satan, presumably she has no maternal feelings. Thus the medium by which she would suckle a child is,
well, cold as a witch's tit.

15 Comments
picturemom cold is cold no matter how you say it. great shots.
picturemom · 2008-01-21: 19:50
Madoc You've greatly caprured the cold feel in these shots.
I really love the first one particularly.
Madoc · 2008-01-21: 20:26
LostAspen How 'bout this one, "Colder than a cast iron commode in the Klondike!" I really like the first and third.
LostAspen · 2008-01-21: 20:28
storytaylor beautiful eyes see beautifully
storytaylor · 2008-01-22: 05:03
bauche Nice pictures!! I haven't heard of "Hotter than the hinges of Hell" before. I use the "Snowballs chance in Hell" myself. Thanks for sharing.
bauche · 2008-01-22: 12:22
eljapa I keep learning on this photoblog:-) "colder than a witch's tit"
Thanks for this info, LOL.
#3 is great...
eljapa · 2008-01-22: 15:08
rolpa Wow, cold! I can almost feel it! I'm glad there is a bit of sun.
rolpa · 2008-01-22: 16:46
dweiskir I have always been partial to "Colder than a well digger's arse" myself.

One of those blocks of snow is more snow than we've seen so far this winter. I don't envy the cold, but I wish we would get one good snowfall.
dweiskir · 2008-01-22: 21:33
BreezyOnTheEyes i love how the cold makes things look and feel so crispy. i think you really catpured that. nice shots.
BreezyOnTheEyes · 2008-01-22: 21:41
dhulsmeyer That's damn cold and I like #3.
dhulsmeyer · 2008-01-23: 09:33
vmathewk #1 - love the theme :)
vmathewk · 2008-01-23: 09:34
Almond The second photo is superb.
Almond · 2008-01-24: 14:36
unige I like the firs picture, it is very well composed, and the colors are vivd and in good contrast.
unige · 2008-01-25: 13:15
chipotle the first shot is magic.
chipotle · 2008-01-26: 12:49
davidcardona Great report! Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2008-01-26: 21:13
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