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O.T. Cold winter?

Some native Canadians in Manitoba asked their chief in the autumn if the

winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief took a guess and replied that the winter was going to be cold and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good and wise leader, he then went to the nearest phone booth and called Environment Canada and asked, "Is this winter going to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "All signs are this winter is going to be quite cold indeed."

So the chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called Environment Canada again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes," the man replied. "It's going to be a very cold winter."

So the chief went back to his people and order them to go and find every

scrap of wood they could find.

Two weeks later he called Environment Canada again. "Are you absolutely sure that this winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely, the natives are collecting wood like crazy!"

Reply to
FrankW
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LMAO

Two Natives walking down a path, and one native says to the other..."whatcha got in da bag??" and the native replies "I got a bottle for my wife"... to which the other natives responds "GOOD TRADE"

Reply to
Jeff

The definition 'Bravery'

True bravery is arriving home stinking drunk after a very late night out with the boys.....

Then.....being assaulted by your wife with a broom,

And still having the guts to ask:

"Are you cleaning, or were you flying somewhere.

Reply to
Andy

Heh, I be from Manitoba ...I love the summers here but as soon as I've got the $, I'm leaving for the winters.

Reply to
griffin

Dude....I work for Environment Canada....I'm gonna have to pass this one along....but we're more likely to say that it's going to be quite cold with a chance of fog, smog and the occassional heat wave.

The forecasters have the only job where they can make mistakes and still get promoted!

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SteveBrady

My favorite is how E.C. does this:

"30% chance of showers" ...yup ...that tells me NOTHING at all. My neighbour is a retired meteorologist and he told me that "showers" can mean anything from serious rain to a 5-second sprinkle. Like seriously ...go out on a limb and make a worthwhile prediction. I'd rather a completely off-the-wall but wrong prediction than some vague generalization that there's a CHANCE there could be a few droplets of precipitation or there's a CHANCE that I'm going to be canoeing to work from the torrential downpour.

And that concludes my 15 second rant.

Reply to
griffin

Ya like one of my fishing buddys who says every time we plan a trip.(He's got the boat :-) )

"I can't guarantee the weather, but I can guarantee we'll get weather"

SteveBrady wrote:

Reply to
FrankW

FrankW did pass the time by typing:

A 30% chance of rain means a 100% chance that 30% of the ground will get wet.

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DougW

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L.W.(ßill) Hughes III

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