[Rhodes22-list] Indian Winter

[Steven Alm]

Very funny, Elle, but I can speak for the Injuns in SD.  "White man always
make fire too big."

Slim

P.S.  No, I'm not part Indian (my wife is) but one thing I've learned about
them is that they laugh easily and often.  They find humor in almost
anything.  That's a cool trait to have when you're a dour Scandinavian like
me.

On Jan 13, 2008 11:09 PM, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> great. and keep watching for falling rock.
>
> elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:  INDIAN WINTER
>
> It was already late fall and the Indians on a remote
> reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if
> the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.
> Since he was a chief in a modern society he had
> never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at
> the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going
> to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he
> told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to
> be cold and that the members of the village should
> collect firewood to be prepared.
>
> Being a practical leader, after several days he got
> an idea. He went to the phone booth, 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," the meteorologist at the weather service
> responded. So the chief went back to his people and
> told them to collect even more firewood in order to
> be prepared.
>
> A week later he called the National Weather Service
> again. "Does it sti ll look like it is going to be a
> very cold winter?"
>
> "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again
> replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." The
> chief again went back to his people and ordered them
> to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.
>
> Two weeks later the chief called the National
> Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that
> the winter is going to be very cold?"
>
> "Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more
> and more like it is going to be one of the coldest
> winters we've ever seen."
>
> "How can you be so sure?" the chief asked.
>
> The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting
> firewood like crazy."
>
> Always remember this whenever you get advice from a
> government official.
>
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
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