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Is it really a superstition?
Jan. 22nd, 2011 11:54 amSome random page on guardian.co.uk telling about a superstition.
Question 24 This country consumes over 350 million litres of vodka a year.
According to one leading superstition in this country, women should never sit down on steps, walls or anything concrete, lest their ovaries freeze and they become unable to bear children.
The national food, Borshch, is apparently imbued with all kinds of magical powers, including the ability to melt the hardest heart.
It's traditional for newly-wed couples in this country to have their photo taken alongside leading local monuments.
* Russia
* Poland
* Ukraine
I always thought that concrete have high heat conductivity and can help freeze anything attached to it without movement for a long time. However in New Zealand winter schoolchildren sit on concrete when it is +5C, and fertility rate in New Zealand is still better then in Russia.
Question 24 This country consumes over 350 million litres of vodka a year.
According to one leading superstition in this country, women should never sit down on steps, walls or anything concrete, lest their ovaries freeze and they become unable to bear children.
The national food, Borshch, is apparently imbued with all kinds of magical powers, including the ability to melt the hardest heart.
It's traditional for newly-wed couples in this country to have their photo taken alongside leading local monuments.
* Russia
* Poland
* Ukraine
I always thought that concrete have high heat conductivity and can help freeze anything attached to it without movement for a long time. However in New Zealand winter schoolchildren sit on concrete when it is +5C, and fertility rate in New Zealand is still better then in Russia.
