"Broadback" wrote in message
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'Mike' wrote:
Any 'forecasts' yet as to what sort of Winter we are in for?

Mike

I always liked this answer to weather problems...

It was autumn, and the Red Indians on the reservation asked their New Chief
if the winter was going to be cold or mild.

He was a modern indian chief, sitting in his bungalow with his jeep parked
outside. He realised he couldnt tell the signs like his father and
grandfather did.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the
winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village
should collect wood to be prepared.

But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He
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 indeed,"
the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
wood. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again.

"Are you certain that it is going to be a very cold winter?"

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

The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every
scrap of wood they could find.

Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you
absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely," the man added. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters
ever."

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

The weatherman replied, "The Red Indians are collecting wood like crazy."

John