Koue ou nuus

By ons is daar nie op die oomblik veel voëltjies wat ronddartel nie (behalwe Kanadese ganse!) en ek kan ook nie in die tuin werk nie. Annerdag weer my beurt.

Verlede Maandagnag so binne ses ure, vyf duim gesneeu. Onverwags. En daar is Denver en omgewing sleg ontwrig. Paaie onbegaanbaar en die sneeuskrapers kon nie voorbly nie en so het baie mense maar met Jan Tuisbly se karretjie gery. Een ou van Vennoot se werk het laat weet hy het anderhalfuur lank in die verkeer gesit en toe is hy nog net drie myl van sy huis af, hy gaan nou maar omdraai terug huis toe!

Sooo bly ek is nie die bure se hond nie...


En net omdat ek julle so midde-in julle lekker warm weer aan die winterknyp herinner het, ter versagting die volgende:

The Indians asked their Chief in autumn if the winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the winter was going to be cold and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter going to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "This winter is going to be quite cold indeed."

So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes", the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."

So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely," the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!"