Forecast This, Pal!
This city absolutely LOVES weather events. For instance. I was watching Good Day Philadelphia this morning whilst working out, and the top story of the morning was this Tropical Storm Ernesto that is projected to dump 4-6 inches of rain in the area. The weather forecaster was practically frothing at the mouth over this, trying to control his massive erection. He was interviewing some official from Atlantic City, and the guy basically said, “this is no big deal – we are treating it like a nor’easter, and we are prepared for this.” Obviously, the forecaster was not happy with this response, as he was hoping for the official to quote bible passages when describing the “potential” of this storm.
I think I’ve floated this theory out before. I really do think that the weather forecasters and supermarkets are in cahoots. When forecasters call for nasty weather, the supermarkets make a killing. People buy 8 gallons of milk, 5 dozen eggs, and 20 loaves of bread each. Either, they are going to have one kick-ass omelet-a-palooza weekend, or they’re going to end up throwing most of this away. Everybody, chill! We will be fine. Sure, maybe some of us will have to deal with some flooding in the basement, and an even rarer (is that a word?) amount may need to clean a stray, fallen tree out of their living rooms, but there’s no need to stock up supplies as if the end of the world was looming. It’s a tropical storm – it’s not even a hurricane for heaven’s sake!
The Best “That’s What She Said” line of the week:“I love watching it bounce off of things.”
New Word of the Week:
Exoverexaggerating – Ink came up with this one, apparently because the term “over -exaggerating” just wasn’t strong enough for his liking.
Two Cool Websites to Check Out:
http://www.amiwrong.com - A cool trivia site, for those of us (you know who you are!) who just don’t have enough to do at work.
http://www.inthe80s.com - For those of us who miss acid-washed jeans, leg-warmers, and mullets, this website has far too much information about the “Reaganomics” years. Burger King had a sandwich called the Yumbo? That’s just plain weird!
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7 comments:
I didn't come up with that word!!! It wasn't me!! I think you're exover-exaggerating my participation in the creation of this word! I've never even used it before! Crap.
I love made up words! ;o)
"GIHUDGIC", "democularized", Ex-oever-exagerating... that is a keeper there! LOL ;o)
LOL ;o) I love the qoute of the week...That is funny. SO many possibilities!
When did John Bolaris come back to town?
STORM OF THE CENTURY!!!!
This storm will kill you. I love roast beef.
Al Roker
storms are fun, they are oh so sexy and sensual :)
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"I really do think that the weather forecasters and supermarkets are in cahoots."
Of course they are in cahoots. Not only that but network management across the board stopped using the Doppler radar system and any form of satellite communication to predict the weather. The reason… was to cut costs. How I know this… they blew it during that 22 inch snow prediction a few years back. They were off by 20 inches. Human error… If they had the satellites up and running we would have known.
John Bolaris... bahhhh.
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