Minnesota winter humor
Ole and Lena are at the kitchen table for their usual morning cup of coffee and the weather report on WCCO. They listen to Dave Lee and Mike Lynch announce, “There will be three to five inches of snow today, and a snow emergency has been declared. All vehicles must be parked on the odd-numbered side of the streets today to facilitate the snowplows.”
“Oh gosh, oh jeez, OK,” says Ole as he gets up, bundles up, and heads outside to dutifully move his car to the odd-numbered side of the street.
Two mornings later, Ole and Lena are at the table when Dave and Mike announce, “There will be two to four more inches of snow today, and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your vehicles on the even-numbered side of the streets.” Ole gets up from his coffee as before. He bundles up, shuffles off, and moves his car to the even-numbered side of the street.
A few mornings later Ole and Lena are at the table when Dave and Mike announce, “There will be six to eight inches of snow today, and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the …” Just then, the power goes out and the radio goes dead.
“Park it where?!” Ole exclaims. “Uff da, what should I do?!”
“Aw, to heck with dem, Ole,” Lena replies. “Just leave the car in the garage dis time."
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