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Subject: Re: [austpacwx] Re: Aboriginal BOM weather prediction
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:37:28 +1000
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I knew that but just think its funny regardless of where we use it. Whoever=
thought it up had a little more time than me :-))
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Neville Gibb=20
To: austpacwx@googlegroups.com=20
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:54 PM
Subject: [austpacwx] Re: Aboriginal BOM weather prediction
Old North American Indian joke.=20
One problem though, although they've substituted October for April, India=
ns for Aboriginals and the NWS for the BOM, perhaps they should have also s=
aid southern Australia rather than Northern Australia, which I imagine woul=
dn't have winters as such?=20
Cheers
Neville
On 27/06/2009, at 7:47 PM, Bussy wrote:
I just had to send this.
It was April and the Aboriginals in a remote part of Northern Australia=
asked their new elder if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. S=
ince he was an elder in a modern community he had never been taught the old=
secrets. When he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was go=
ing 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 tribe should colle=
ct firewood to be prepared.
But being a practical leader, after several days he had an idea.
He walked out to the telephone booth on the highway, called the Bureau =
of Meteorology and asked, 'Is the coming winter in this area going to be co=
ld?'
The meteorologist responded, 'It looks like this winter is going to be =
quite cold.' So the elder went back to his people and told them to collect =
even more wood in order to be prepared.
A week later he called the Bureau of Meteorology again. 'Does it still =
look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'
The meteorologist again replied, 'Yes, it's going to be a very cold win=
ter.'
The elder again went back to his community and ordered them to collect =
every scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later the elder called the Bureau again. 'Are you absolutely =
sure that the winter is going to be very cold?' he asked.
'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is g=
oing to be one of the coldest winters ever.'
'How can you be so sure?' the elder asked.
The weatherman replied, 'Our satellites have reported that the Aborigin=
als in the north are collecting firewood like crazy, and that's always a su=
re sign.'
Bussy
Rutherglen, Victoria
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I knew that but just think its funny regar=
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weather prediction</DIV>
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<DIV>Old North American Indian joke. </DIV>
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<DIV>One problem though, although they've substituted October for April,=
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Indians for Aboriginals and the NWS for the BOM, perhaps they should have=
also=20
said southern Australia rather than Northern Australia, which I imagine=
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wouldn't have winters as such? </DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Neville</DIV>
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<DIV>On 27/06/2009, at 7:47 PM, Bussy wrote:</DIV><BR=20
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April and the Aboriginals in a remote part of Northern Australia asked =
their=20
new elder if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he w=
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back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to =
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yle-span=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,191)">'Absolutely,' the man=
=20
replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the=
=20
coldest winters ever.'</SPAN><BR=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,191)"><SPAN class=3DApple-st=
yle-span=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,191)">'How can you be so sur=
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weatherman replied, 'Our satellites have reported that the Aboriginals =
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the north are collecting firewood like crazy, and that's always a sure=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span=20
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Victoria</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><=
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