It may not seem the case, but Ted explains that “there are many things you can do for excitement in Thompson, Manitoba” when it’s -45 Celsius.
One of those things is to go outside with only a hat and blow bubbles with your wife!
Because of the extreme temperature, the bubbles quickly freeze and deflate.
For the climax, he gets a cup of boiling water and makes instant steamy snow as the web has seen before.