Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 15, 2013
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Transcript:
hot 'n' humid like the eskimos, who supposedly have dozens of words for "snow," d.c. area resi-dents use a varied & colorful vocabulary to describe gradations of "hot & humid." man 1: muggy. man 2: and how "muggy" - your basic hot & humid day. the atmosphere transmutes to bus exhaust and normally stable objects run like brie. woman: sure is sticky. guy: just get me out of here "sticky" - lawn chairs, car seats and underwear become lethally adhesive. spatula sales go through the roof. blam dude: it's a scorcher! "scorcher" - that guy down the block who always jogs no matter what explodes. the tourist evaporation index soars. "stifling" - the air becomes too dense for soundwaves to pentrate. birds get stuck in midair. dude 2: man, it's sweltering! "sweltering" - deep sea volcanic vents pop up in your backyard, attracting creatures only recently discovered by science who thrive on heat and high pressure. one more good reason not to mow your lawn.
Ha! Wimps, you all! When central Texas was in the middle of it’s worst hot spell of the summer a few years back, reaching 114 degrees on one day, Phoenix, AZ, was hitting 116. You talk of birds sticking in the air, and volcanic vents opening in your backyards, but on that day, cars disappeared into the molten tarmac of their driveways to never be seen again.