A number of years ago I spent a season working at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. Shortly after I arrived (in February), I was talking to someone about the cold, snowy weather, and asked about the other seasons. He wrinkled his forehead and said "Oh yes, I remember last summer - it was a Tuesday, and we went on a picnic." On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:35:51 -0500 Andy Knapp <Andy_Knapp_at_compuserve.com> writes: >"Good weather?? Reminds me of the story..." > >At the risk of wandering off topic a bit, does anyone else have any >humorous regional weather lore? >This reminded me of some of the old jokes we kick around in Minnesota: > >Minnesota is the theatre of six seasons- spring, summer, fall, and >winter, >winter, winter. > >Or, in another viewpoint, we only have two seasons- Winter and the >Fourth >of July. > >In Minnesota, Duluth has the most efficient snow removal system- it's >called August. > >And so on. (No Sven and Ole jokes, though.) > >-Andy Knapp >Fifth-generation Minnesotan- some of us never learn. >Minneapolis >(At one time, there was a movement to rename the two Twin Cities >"Minnehaha"- Minne for Minneapolis and HaHa for St. Paul.) >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 09:09:08 PST
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