A touque is a knit hat usually made from wool or a blend of acrylic and wool. It's to keep your noggin (head)(upper head) from freezing off the rest or your body during our miseably long cold winters. The rappers and all the "cool" kids from the US seem to be wearing them for some reason. I honestly can't see it getting that cold in LA or Miami but whatever. Here we don't have much choice but to wear something on our heads if we're to spend any amount of time outdoors in -30c or -40c weather. you wouldn't last long in those temperatures.

I don't wear pom poms. Some like it for a decoration on their touque for some odd reason. I guess it's somewhat similar to some liking the idea of stuffing their bras. It attracts attention!

Sherrie, it's funny you mention the jester's hat. It is actually a Finnish thing. I don't have one but my brother does. I don't think it suits me.

Minus 30 or 40?


Geez I am snap frozen thinking about it!!!

I would have bits snap off!!!!!

And a beanie without the pom pom does the job?

Ok...that's wild...I knew it got cold there but hooo boy, not THAT cold!!!

we are a resilient lot

No wonder Canadian lemmings jump off cliffs...their GPS got snapped off in the blizzard..

Interesting how the farther north you go the larger the families ... just an observation

What's my excuse????

I reckon you guys need to abandon ship...leave it for the bears and get the hell outta there...winter's coming!!!

Ru for your lives!!!!

dunno .... too hot for clothes???? That'll work ...





Packing as we speak .... calling passport office to rush new passport .... checking online seat sales to Australia ....

I was just telling Harry my freezer laughed at me when I asked it if it knew what _ 40 degrees was like...

I'm going back to lake drawing...it's summer there...


(and the clothes thing, I think you may be right)

Minus 30 or 40?

Too cold, I will turn into a mango popsicle. lol

This might sound odd, but I think I could handle living with minimal clothing.
I prefer a t shirt and jeans but if you "have to" wear less then I think I could live with that.
It does actually get colder than that here but I've only been exposed to about -43c and not for very long. No nudity in those temps. We have indoor plumbing for a reason.

I was online last night looking at ticket prices to various destinations. I HAVE to get my passport this week!

Hitch a ride with santa, I am sure he is down your way.....lol

Santa Airlines....Passport needed...

He lives in Lapland, where my ancestors are from. Crazy people. I don't think the cold did them any favours! Maybe it's the lack of sunlight.

I'm still wanting to take my canoe! The Pacific will give me plenty of time to think all by myself.

Cool...you best get a good seat in the sleigh then, Harry.

Hey is Lapland the home of lap dancing?? Is that where it originated from?

It's possible. They had to find something to keep themselves warm through those long winter nights.

My mind is boggling here....if nothing errrr delicate can be exposed...like, EVER, in winter, doesn't that make it a little difficult out in the middle of nowhere?

What if you aren't working near umm indoor conveniences?

Then you just make it quick! No reading cosmo or anything like that!

Lapland dwellers hahaha ...they might spear you and think you are food kidatheart70.

Make sure you wear ya thongs on ya feet so you fit in too....otherwise you are sharkbait hahahaha