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EdM wrote:
wrote:
Another one... I make a post bemoaning the lack of snow State
College
is receiving compared to normal and compared to my home town, and
MeatyUrologist pops in again with "How much icing would it take to
collapse the fortress on Science Park road? Worker's Comp!!!"...



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Actually, that was pretty funny. I recently saw George Hamilton
(older
actor, hair always in place, rediculously dark tan, etc...) making
fun
of himself and his tanning/grooming habits, etc. He has been the
target of ridicule for those traits in the past, but comes off as
maybe
just being a decent guy anyway because he is willing to have a little
fun instead of getting defensive and ****ed off. This might be a
good
model for you to consider. The fortress on Science Park road sounds
like an inside joke, which strikes me as more of an attempt to
bond...or at least heal wounds, than as an attempt to harm you. You
need to work on your sense of humor.
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I bet if I made a joke like that about the NWS, I wouldn't generate
anywhere near the kind of amusement from others as you suggest was
generated by MeatyUrologist's comment.

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Associate Meteorologist, AccuWeather Inc.- http://www.accuweather.com/
New Jersey Expressways and Tollways - http://www.njfreeways.com/
Ray's Winter Storm Archive - http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/


OK, lets try one and watch the outrage:

It was October and the Indians on a remote reservation asked their new
Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a
Chief in a modern society he had never been taught the old secrets. When
he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be
like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side he told his tribe that the
winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village
should collect firewood to be prepared. But being a practical leader,
after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called
the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to
be cold?"

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold" the meteorologist
at the weather service responded.

So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared. A week later he called the National
Weather Service again. "Does it still look like it is going to be a very
cold winter?"

"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to
be a very cold winter."

The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find. Two weeks later the Chief
called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that
the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is
going to be one of the coldest winters ever."

"How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like
crazy."