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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| ICE IS COLD |
| 2007-03-13 |
| Some intros write themselves: A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. Generally, stories that begin this entertainingly tend to quickly diminish in subsequent paragraphs. Here, however, the fun – unlike certain frozen explorers – never quits: The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment … Then there was the cold - quite a bit colder, [organiser Ann] Atwood said, than Bancroft and Arnesen had expected. They went to the North Pole … and they were surprised by the cold. Well, who can blame them, what with all this warming talk? Maybe they’ll sue Al Gore. "My first reaction when they called to say there were calling it off was that they just sounded really, really cold,” Atwood said. They. Were. In. The. Arctic. Atwood said there was some irony that a trip to call attention to global warming was scuttled in part by extreme cold temperatures. You don’t say. And now, a punchline of such sublime delusion it’s impossible to imagine it being said with a straight face: "They were experiencing temperatures that weren’t expected with global warming,” Atwood said. “But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability." |
| Posted by:DanNY |
| #6 ICE Baby ICE is Hot! self promotion is a good thang, me and AL GORE gotta-thing-goin-on. |
| Posted by: Vanilla ICE & AL GORE 2007-03-13 18:33 |
| #5 Heck, in some circumstances, as little as a single gram of dihydrogen monoxide exposure can cause throat spasms and lead to unconsciousness within 30-60 seconds followed by asphyxiation and brain death within 5-6 minutes afterwards. It's deadly stuff! As deadly as nerve gas under the right conditions. It oughtta' be completely outlawed. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-03-13 18:26 |
| #4 The ladies have decided to dedicate their time a tad further south and will be campaigning to ban dihydrogen monoxide. Sign the petition and support the ban. Les Ms heard about this horrid stuff (too much will kill you within 24 hours, so they say) and nuclear plants use it as well as so many other industries and it's in your home now. NUCLEAR PLANTS. When they got the e-mail about this dihydrogen monoxide, they just knew they'd found a new cause. A press release will follow. |
| Posted by: Ann Atwood 2007-03-13 10:19 |
| #3 Two cups of HOT chocolate for madames? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-03-13 08:28 |
| #2 Memo to Ann and Liv: Operative phrase is "climate change". That way, no matter what, you look "wise". And not like total friggin idiots. That is all. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-13 08:25 |
| #1 ICE IS COLD.........NO SHIT!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2007-03-13 07:08 |