"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/ ***************************************************************************
Andy Knapp wrote: > > "Good weather?? Reminds me of the story..." > > At the risk of wandering off topic a bit, ...<snip>... > ... (No Sven and Ole jokes, though.) Reminds me of the time when I was on a paddling trip in Northern Minnesota. I had just taken out, and all of my clothes were pretty stinky, so I thought that I would wander around the small town where we were staying in search of a laundry. As luck would have it, I found a place called "Sam Ting's Laundry". I went inside and was welcomed by the proprietor, who spoke with a thick Norwegian accent, and who introduced himself as Sam Ting. Having lived in Norway myself, I thought that his name was a bit unusual, since I couldn't recall meeting a single Norwegian with the name Ting (or with the name Sam, for that matter). I thus asked him how he came by his name, and he proceeded to tell me the following story (in his heavily-accented English): "Vell, ven I got off de boat and stoood in line, dey asked de first man, 'Vat's your name?', and he said 'Ole Olsen'. And den dey asked de second man, 'Vat's your name?' and he also said 'Ole Olsen'. And den dey asked me, 'Vat's your name?', and I said 'sam ting'! So there you have it! Dan Hagen "Man burde ikke spøke med norsk humor." (One ought not to joke about Norwegian humor.) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Northern Ontario: Almost winter, winter, winter's almost over, road repair season. Cheers, Richard Culpeper www.geocities.com/~culpeper Andy Knapp wrote: > At the risk of wandering off topic a bit, does anyone else have any > humorous regional weather lore? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:35 AM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote: >"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? Michigan -- if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Wes Boyd wrote: > At 12:35 AM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote: > >"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? New Hampshire Snow flies, Black flies State motto: "Live Freeze or Die" Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
Local Vancouver weather humour(?) Vancourites don't tan - we rust! How to use the view of the mountains for weather forecasting: If you can see the mountians through the clouds, it's going to rain soon. If you can't see the mountains through the clouds, it IS raining. >From: Andy Knapp <Andy_Knapp_at_compuserve.com> >To: PaddleWise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> >Subject: [Paddlewise] Oregon coast and weather humor >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:35:51 -0500 > >"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/ >*************************************************************************** N49°16' W123°08' Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In California, we have all 4 seasons: earthquake, mudslide, fire, and rioting. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Torrens [mailto:skerries_at_hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 10:21 AM To: Andy_Knapp_at_compuserve.com Cc: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Oregon coast and weather humor Local Vancouver weather humour(?) Vancourites don't tan - we rust! How to use the view of the mountains for weather forecasting: If you can see the mountians through the clouds, it's going to rain soon. If you can't see the mountains through the clouds, it IS raining. >From: Andy Knapp <Andy_Knapp_at_compuserve.com> >To: PaddleWise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> >Subject: [Paddlewise] Oregon coast and weather humor >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:35:51 -0500 > >"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/ >*************************************************************************** N49°16' W123°08' Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
This being farming country here in southern Manitoba, I have concluded that we only have two seasons - frozen and smelly. Lucky the frozen is about over, and the smell doesn't usually carry all the way to Lake Winnipeg! Cheers Jason *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In Edinburgh, Scotland, I was told an easy way to predict the weather. Look at the mountain called Alfred's Seat. If you see a mist on the mountain, then it will rain within fifteen minutes. If you don't see a mist on the mountain, then it IS raining. - >>At the risk of wandering off topic a bit, does anyone else have any >>humorous regional weather lore? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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