Monday, March 10, 2008

Pastor Steve's Night at the Sauna

Every snowy and freezing country has it's own social coping method for dealing with their sub-zero world. But for my friends in Ukraine, a night at the SAUNA is both a warming event and a time to interact with your friends.

My 10 Easy Steps to Sauna Heaven....

#1 This is a GUYS ONLY event....step 2 will help you understand.
#2 Take off all your clothes and wrap up in a sheet.
#3 Heat the sauna to about 500 degrees ...whatever the heat is where skin peels off your frame.
#4 Jump in the Dneiper River...woooooooaaaaahhhhhhh.
#5 Call your cardiologist.
#6 Enter the sauna and sit on the top row...the 3rd ring of Dante's Inferno.
#7 Call your Psychiatrist.
#8 Lie down and be beaten by birch and eucalyptus leaf whips called a 'veenic'...this needs alot of explanation that I don't have time for here, but somewhere between total agony and strange ecstacy, this bizarre practice exists.
#9 Dive back into the freezing Dneiper River....nnnnnoooooooo!!!!!!!!
#10 Call your Urologist.

4 comments:

  1. You have a way with words! It's a gift. Thanks for starting my day with a smile! - Mary

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  2. Greetings Commrade Steve -

    This explains why we girls gladly retreat to the warm surroundings of a local cafe to enjoy a hot cup of chai while the guys excursion to the sub-zero swim and beating.

    IT's now 11 pm in the states, which means you all are resting in the "coziness" of the train and singing along with Vlad!

    Ahhhh .. ya labloo Ukrayina

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  3. This was a sister Odell LOL funny!!!

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  4. Sauna heaven?? this sounds like sauna hell, in my opinion!!!

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