It's cold outside, it's Global Warming!

[999969999]

just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant

But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your gettin' low
'stead of lettin' go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant

Dead Skunk
Loudon Wainwright III


INTRO:
G D C G x2

G D
Crossin' the highway late last night
C G
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
G D
He didn't see the station wagon car
C G
The skunk got squashed and there you are!

CHORUS:
You got yer
G D
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
C G
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
G D
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
C G
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

G D
Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!
C G
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
G D
You don't have to look and you don't have to see
C G
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory

Chorus

G D
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
C G
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
G D
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
C G
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!

Chorus

[devilsadvocate]

And then even if there is such a thing as Global Warming, I think it takes even more faith to believe that it would have more to do with puny little humans than it does with our sun simply going through normal cycles.

Mine had to do with that, what's yours?

[999969999]

There's something mighty smelly or fishy [skunky, perhaps?] about Global Warming.

That, and I ran over a skunk the night before. Ever done that? It's horrible!

[999969999]

And More Global Warming!

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/wint...ravel-12781681

Where is Al Gore when you need him?

Why doesn't he have a Global Warming Summit now?

[devilsadvocate]

If you build a fire is it warmer closer to the fire or further away?


I know the answer to this, but without looking it up can you tell me why the heat from the sun is greater at lower altitude than higher (same grid reference). So if I was in a balloon and rose straight up I would be getting closer to the sun, but the temperature goes down.

There is a point to this.

[clocker]

if I was in a balloon and rose straight up I would be getting closer to the sun, but the temperature goes down.

This assumes a belief in balloons and their ability to "rise".
Personally, I ain't buyin.

[999969999]

So, has anyone noticed the weather today?

When exactly, can we expect the warming part of Global Warming?

All we're getting now is the icy cold part.

What is the definition of warming?

[clocker]

It's funny you weren't asking about this last summer, one of the hottest on record (and part of a general trend).

BTW, how are all those new jobs your family business is supposed to be creating coming along?

[999969999]

If you build a fire is it warmer closer to the fire or further away?


I know the answer to this, but without looking it up can you tell me why the heat from the sun is greater at lower altitude than higher (same grid reference). So if I was in a balloon and rose straight up I would be getting closer to the sun, but the temperature goes down.

There is a point to this.

I see where you're going with this. Eagar is cooler than Phoenix because there is less atmosphere above it so it takes longer to heat up and is quicker to cool down at night. But then tell me why Eugene, Oregon, which is lower in elevation than Phoenix, Arizona, is also so much cooler during the summer months, when the earth is tilted toward the sun?

[999969999]

It's funny you weren't asking about this last summer, one of the hottest on record (and part of a general trend).

You have the mainstream media to do that for you every summer. And now even when it gets very cold in the winter, the media is still crowing about global warming.

BTW, how are all those new jobs your family business is supposed to be creating coming along?

There will be a job opening soon, in about 4 months, when I move to Eugene, Oregon, to attend the University of Oregon.

Maybe you should apply for it?

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