On 12/15/05, Jason Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, December 15, 2005 8:22 am, Gabriel A. Couriel said:
> >
> > I'll take a hurricane or two a year, in exchange for NO SNOW!!! Gotta love
> > Florida!
>
> I dunno... I'm willing to put up with quite a bit of cold, discomfort and
> inconvenience in return for having my house NOT blow over or get covered by
> seawater. Snow is just kind of a hassle, but when you go inside and close the
> door at the end of the day, you can forget about it and relax in your nice
> warm and dry home.
Calvin & his parents are on their annual camping trip. As always,
it's pouring rain. Calvin's dad is trying to light a fire.
Dad: "Well, at least it's not snowing, right?"
Calvin: blank stare
Dad: "I mean...if it were snowing so hard that the matches don't stay lit..."
> Or is the media making hurricane destruction sound like it's much more
> widespread than it really is? Up here, you'd think that five or six entire
> states get flattened to rubble on an annual basis from the way they tell it on
> the news.
Well, sensationalism sells.
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