January 21, 2005

• My pal Heidi sent me this, which afforded me considerable amusement:

  It was October and the Indians on
  a remote reservation asked their new chief if the approaching winter
  would be cold or mild, but being a chief in a modern society he'd not
  been taught these old secrets.
  
  
  
  To be on the safe side he advised
  the tribe it was, indeed, going to be a cold winter, so everyone should
  collect firewood so as to be prepared.
  
  
  
  After a few days he had a
  brainstorm, calling the National Weather Service to ask, "Is the coming
  winter going to be cold?"  "It looks like this winter is going to
  be quite cold," replied the meteorologist.
  
  
  
  Armed with this information, the chief instructed his people to collect even more firewood.
  
  
  
  A week later he called the
  National Weather Service again.  "Does it still look to be a cold
  winter?" he anxiously inquired.  "Yes," came the response from the
  meteorologist, "it looks to be a very cold winter."
  
  
  
  This time the chief ordered the tribe to collect every bit of firewood they could find.
  
  
  
  Two weeks later, he again called
  the weather service, asking "Are you absolutely positive it's going to
  be a cold winter?"  "Absolutely!" he was assured.  "In fact,
  it's looking more and more as if it's going to be one of the coldest
  winters on record."
  
  
  
  "How can you be so sure?" asked the chief.
  
  
  
  The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy!"

  Ba-da-BING! 

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