Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 04, 2023
January 02, 2023
January 06, 2023
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.
whawn over 1 year ago
This is why I no longer live anywhere near Chesapeake Bay. Winters there, BTW, are as bad, in the opposite direction.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Curiously the dreaded SS of Nazi infamy are reputed to perform a ritual that translates as “Stifling Air”.
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ParadigmGrind·4 yr. agoYou can find The Ceremony of the Stifling Air in the book The Satanic Rituals. It’s basically a death-and-rebirth ritual loosely based on the Knights Templar motif. Stifling air may refer to being locked in a coffin or the act of stifling the mind to allow for rebirth.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
When I lived in D.C. I always checked for the TEI in the daily newspapers. Poor, unacclimatized outsiders….