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_DrW
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by _DrW »
bcspace wrote:"Winter Storm Jesus"? Would that offend anyone?
They could start off by pronouncing it "Hey Zeus!"
BC,
This is a
great pun.
I love it.
Well done.
The tune to
Hey Jude comes into mind as a new set of lyrics begins to slowly form and the daily brain worm takes shape.
Thanks a lot.
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
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Quasimodo wrote:The trouble with using day to day names is that they don't always convey the nastiness of most 'named' storms... Sandy?
I agree. Telling your grandkids you survived "Sandy" just seems a bit anti-climactic.
Perhaps Sandy will eventually become "The "Great East-Coast Super Storm of 2012".
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."