hot or cold?

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Given a choice between lying on a beach in a very hot country or standing at a bus stop waiting for a bus {which never seems to come} in a very cold country, I would always pick the latter option. Always. I'm the kind of person who proclaims, Nah, it's just right! when all around me other folk are grumbling about how cold they are. That's not to say I don't feel the cold ... I do, oh my goodness, I do. But I much prefer being {too} cold to being {too} hot. It's very easy to warm up when you're cold, and then stay warm. A nice cup of tea, a couple of snuggly blankets, the warmth from the skin of another person, the fur of a purring cat, a few star jumps, a hot water bottle, a microwaveable Bagpuss, a woolly hat, a thermal vest, central heating, a roaring fire ... But it's far more difficult to cool down when hot, and remain cooled down. Once you get to your underwear there are really no more layers to remove {in public, anyway}. Fans, air conditioning, ice-cream, cold beers, flip flops showing off naked tootsies ... they offer only temporary relief. But that's just me. I would choose Iceland over Morocco as a holiday destination. I would rather not wear a jumper under my coat and be cold on the walk down, than wear a jumper and be too warm when I reach the place I'm going to. I must be descended from people from a very, very cold land.