The Weather Report

(Did you know “A joke a day keeps the doctor away”? Unless he happens to be your fun-Doctor, in which case enhanced empathy with him is the outcome!)
It was April and the Aboriginals in a remote part of  Northern Australia
asked their new elder if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.
Since he was an elder in a modern community he had never been taught the old
secrets.
When he looked at the sky he couldn’t tell what the winter was going to be like.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the tribe should collect firewood to be prepared.
But being a practical leader, after several days he had an idea.
He walked out to the telephone booth on the highway, called the Bureau of
Meteorology and asked, ‘Is the coming winter in this area going to be cold?’
The meteorologist responded, ‘It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold.’
So the elder went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared.
A week later he called the Bureau of Meteorology again. ‘Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?’
The meteorologist again replied, ‘Yes, it’s going to be a very cold winter.’
The elder again went back to his community and ordered them to collect every
scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later the elder called the Bureau again. ‘Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?’ he asked.
‘Absolutely,’ the man replied. ‘It’s looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever.’
‘How can you be so sure?’ the elder asked.
The weatherman replied, ‘Our satellites have reported that the Aboriginals in the north are collecting firewood like crazy, and that’s always a sure sign.’

4 thoughts on “The Weather Report

  1. I have just forwarded this joke to the Head of IT of Bureau of Meteorology, with whom I recently did a consultancy. He has promised to organise some severe weather wherever this humour doctor is based.

    • Thanks. You just played into my hands. I had been planning a departure from where I am based to a secret fun-locale to vacation. Now I can be assured of an agreeable weather there as the brunt of all weather severity will be borne where I am no longer around!
      Bless you for being a great (manipulative) friend (working, nevertheless, for my convenience)!!!

      • Dr Sahib, Dilli wich weather 3-4 maheeney tak nahin badalata. BOM wale toh 3-4 ghantey aur kai baar to 3-4 minute mein weather badalawa dete hain. Twanu bhaag key kitthe chhupana hovey, taan Australia – New Zealend side naa hi aao taan bhale change rahoge.

  2. Rajeev Bhraa ji, I am a citizen of the omniverse and can choose to vacation in parallel universes. Thanks for your concern for my ‘bhala-changa’ ness as also your kind hearted ‘bholapan’ in revealing to me where not to vacation!
    The delay in my reply is attributable to my away-time from this universe!!!

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