The English Couldn't Survive Summer in Oklahoma

The last few weeks have been a little contrived between Great Britain and America. First it was the whole "UK Police will extradite and arrest Americans if they post harmful thoughts online..." as if their whole island wouldn't be speaking German if it wasn't for America - and things have escalated to a beef over the weather.

@phoebeisginger1 the heatwave is getting to me #heat #britishweather #brit #britlife #usa #uk #ukvsusa #heatwave #heatwaves ♬ original sound - Phoebe

For the record, 20° Celsius is roughly 68° Fahrenheit.

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Naturally, things look a certain way from our collective experiences, but there has to be a little common ground too, right?

We used to have this British engineer who loved to talk about how hot the weather was in England vs SW Texoma. Granted, the air temperature doesn't have to be that hot if the humidity is up there.

I briefly lived outside of Corpus Christi, Texas for a bit and experienced a 118° actual air temperature... It wasn't nearly as hot as the 86° afternoon on the humid beaches of Puerto Rico.

It's all relative.

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I'm sure it's all about what you're accustomed to. If you grew up in Colorado, you would melt on a summer day in Texoma... but if you left home sweet SWOK and hit the mountains for a bit, I'm sure you'd freeze on a cool summer night.

Still, it's sort of funny how Brits consider their mild weather to be so brutal, and it's not just the lack of air conditioning that separates us. My 94-year-old grandma still lives in her SWOK house without air conditioning. No complaints from her even on the hottest days.

Oklahoma's Top 10 Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes

If you're looking for a place to go for a little fall family fun, then you're in luck! Oklahoma is home to some of the biggest and best pumpkin patches and corn mazes in the nation. People from all over travel to the Sooner State every fall to visit these incredible farms. Not only do they offer pumpkin patches along with corn and hay mazes, they also have all kinds of other activities like petting zoos, rides, arts and crafts, food, games, haunted attractions, and a whole lot more. So no matter what your idea of fall fun is, you can find it all in one place!

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15 Flags That Have Flown Over Oklahoma

It's amazing to think our little state has belonged to seven different countries in the 400 years leading up to statehood. Beyond that, those six different countries represent ten different versions of those countries. Here's a quick rundown in Oklahoma history.

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Where Familiar Oklahoma Sayings Came From

We've all heard these super-common sayings growing up in Oklahoma. They're so common, they're not just Sooner State phrases, but this is where we heard them so often as youths. It's almost funny to learn some of the more seedy origins of phrases our ultra-conservative grandparents used to say. They'd likely turn over in their graves learning some of these meanings.

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