El Nino
February 6th, 2003 at 12:00 amTake THAT mother nature. Every since my first El Niño memories, I have hated that thing. Every few years when it decides to show up, the whole world’s weather has to be screwed with just because of that stupid warm water out in the Pacific. And everything is blamed on this damn thing. Turn on the news, wait until the weatherman comes on, and listen to him say:
Weatherman: “Well you see, we are experiencing a higher average rain fall this winter, which can be explained by the current El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific…” or “Due to El Niño, things around here are going to be much more warmer then usual.” Yeah, sure bud. My theory? This guy has no clue why things are happening, so he just blames them on El Niño. So what do I propose? We follow in his footsteps and blame everything on El Ninño too!
Imagine the possibilities if instead of “I overslept” you could try and pull off “Well you see Professor Smith, I really wanted and meant to write that 10 page essay on the 14th century beaver hunting industry, but you see, due to El Niño, I couldn’t finish on time.” or if your doctor told you “Well, it seems like you have caught bronchitis. How did you catch that? Um….well….El Niño!”
We could just blame everything on El Niño. Late to work? Flat tire? Divorce? Your favorite baseball team just lost the world series? El Niño, El Niño, El Niño, and the Mariners =)
I say it’d work. Anybody else with me?
