This past Wednesday it started snowing while we were at work, so naturally everyone gathered at the window to watch it.  (We don’t get a lot of snow here in central Arkansas.)  We talked about building snowmen and such, and one woman said she’s scared of snowmen.  Of course someone asked why, because that’s not normal.  She said when she was a kid, there would be snowmen that started melting and looking all hideous, and so she’s bothered by them to this day.  And she’s over 30…

Does anyone have any advice for this poor woman?  She needs help.

There’s a group of very “religious” people out there who are considered Christian fundamentalists, who take things way to the extreme.  They think the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is the only one that is valid.  They often put down modern-sounding music in the church, saying only old hymns are God’s music.  Some of them think if something is fun, it must be “of the devil” and thus will send you to Hell.  So obviously these people are way behind in technology.  Someone has now invented a product to compete with the iPod (since they can’t use them).  It’s called the ePhod.

Here’s the link : Fundamentalists Hope New “ePhod” Will Be a Hit

(Yes, this is a parody.  No need to get all offended.)

There’s a chance of snow today!  Here in central Arkansas, this is big news.  We get very little snow each year — sometimes no accumulation, sometimes a few inches.  I suspect the grocery stores are already out of bread and milk, even though it’s still a few hours until the precipitation is supposed to start.  (That’s just how things work here; people stock up like we’re having a blizzard that’ll keep us home for weeks.)  The forecast is mostly for a “wintry mix” with some potential snow.

Anyway, on to the randomness related to this event.  I asked our resident randomness expert, Turtle Dundee, for his forecast on the upcoming inclement weather situation, and he had a very original response :

My forecast, perhaps a bit on the optimistic side, is for an enormous blizzard with 27 and a half feet of snow.  This blizzard will be so intense that it will create small glaciers and miniature wooly mammoths, which will taste like chicken.

Then our other writer continued that flow of randomness even further :

Ooh yeah… and on top of that the small glaciers will carve a small to medium crevice in my back yard which I will proclaim as the “diminutive canyon”.  People will come from far and wide to pay admission for the chance to see and/or pee in it. We can serve lemonade and wooly mammoth on a stick!

I don’t think I care too much about peeing in a canyon, but the idea of wooly mammoth on a stick does sound interesting…