There were three Eskimos in Alaska, and one time while they were at their local bar, they got to talking about how cold it was outside, and how cold their igloos were. They could agree on everything but whose igloo was the coldest, so they decided to determine who indeed had the coldest igloo.

They went to the first Eskimo's igloo, where he said "Watch this!" and poured cup of water into the air. Well, the water froze in mid-air and fell onto the floor solid.

"Not bad," said the other Eskimos, but each maintained their igloo was colder still.

So they went to the second Eskimo's igloo, and he said "Watch this!" and took a big breath and exhaled, whereupon his breath froze into a big lump and fell to the floor.

"Wow, that's colder than mine!" said the first Eskimo.

But the third Eskimo exclaimed his was colder still. So they ended up at the third Eskimo's igloo. He said "Watch this!" and went into the bedroom, threw back the thick furs, and retrieved one of several small balls of ice there. He took it, put it in a spoon, and held a match under it. When it heated up enough, it went "FFFAAAARRRRTTT!"

Very funny indeed!

That reminds me of a line camp in the Crazy Mts. of Montana. It was so cold one morning that when I set my coffee down to cool, it cooled off so fast the ice was hot.

Reminds me of the Jack London story where the character spits into the wind
+it crackles;then he knew he was in trouble.

Speaking of Russell Annabell.That story that he told of the man bringing the whiskey into the hall while the temp. was -50 deg.Bottle of same hit the snow;a bit later a concerned citizen came looking for said bottle.found it + before bringing it before the populace......one slug + he fell dead. Alcohal (sp)does not freeze! We know that.Consider the center mass taking that kind of pressure.

Kinda reminds me of when I was fishing off the Florida coast and dragged up a lantern from a Spanish galleon. It was still lit.