Winter in February

Today I feel so cold at work that I had to conduct the briefest of explorations on why black people are always the first to feel the drop in temperature. Or in anything really.  But in this case, in temperature. So I searched “Why Do White People Never Feel Cold". It feels like 16 degrees in here, yet there's someone who has complained at how hot it is.  He probably wants to tear his files asunder.  Dude, I bring a scarf to work.  How are these two things happening at the same time?

They aren't even wearing jerseys, I have NEVER not worn a jersey in this office. I bring some or other cardigan every single day AND I keep a scarf in my drawer or handbag just in case someone feels like turning it down a few notches I wish weren't available.

Its freezing. Seriously. No. seriously.

This temperature, or lack thereof, is also bad for my health because it increases my tea intake to levels some people don’t reach in a week.  I don’t have much time to make a thorough investigation. To do a thorough investigation… (I'm not sure which sounds better.  Ntsako 0 – 99 English).  What I did find, amidst all the other complicated reasons people tried to give was:

1.  White people generally have a higher percentage of body fat than, uhh, their counterparts, making it take a little longer to realise that hey, its Winter.  This is also why they are better swimmers, apparently.  This is explained by Physics and buoyancy and other things I will not get into right now.  

2.  White skin, or skin with little melanin (hallo yellowbone), I think it’s called, increases the creation of vitamin D in low levels of sunlight (or lack of heat). Think of it as built in generators in like, Stage 3 load shedding.  See Biology textbooks for more. And News24.

Other people in the forums chose not to answer the very simple question, but decided it would be more worthwhile to argue that we were all created the same and how we are all imagining things- but I'm not imagining that I'm the only person blowing into the palms of my hands, secretly wondering why nobody sells soup around here.

So there you have it, two reasons why white people don’t get cold. Okay that’s a bit strong- I'll rephrase, two reasons why white people don’t feel the cold on such high degrees as we do. There's a complicated play on words there if you give it a second.   

I should draw up a questionairre, or get some of my white friends to tell me how can?  I will have asked somebody before the end of the day to confirm this. It's not racist, is it?

Hope you all are having fun in the sun.  Apparently its unbearably hot out there. I'll only find out at 4pm.

I need tea. You know, again.

Ntsa