Monday, January 31, 2005

Cliches: If You Don't Like The Weather...

CBS-11's Tracy Rowlett responded to meteorologist Kristine Kahanek's forecast of possible snow with "Only in Texas...". News anchors in 48 of the other 49 states were simultaneously saying the exact same thing. No, the only thing that distinguishes Texas is the size of our anchorwomen's hair. Kristine is a beautiful woman but needs to lose some of her locks.
But that reminded me how every place in the world uses the saying, "If you don't like the weather in #######, just wait 5/10/15/30 minutes." A Google search for the phrase turns up:

According to the ever-reliable Snopes, Mark Twain uttered the original quote about New England.

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