Al's Snow Days
Published Jan 01, 1900
Al and Tipper Gore were sitting down to their usual cup of morning coffee listening to the weather report coming over the radio. "There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd numbered side of the streets." Al got up from his coffee and said, "Well, okay."
Two days later, they were again sitting down with their cups of morning coffee and the weather forecast said, "There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the even numbered side of the streets." Al got up from his coffee and said, "Well, okay."
Three days later, they were drinking their coffee and the weather forecast said, "There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the..." and then the power went out and Al didn't get the rest of the instructions.
He said to Tipper, "What am I going to do now, Tipper?" Tipper replied, "Oh, Al, just leave the car in the garage."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
