The Coldest Winter Is Coming

(讀者文摘 - 世界笑話選 - 墨西哥篇)

Indians ask their new chief whether the winter will be cold or mild. Since the young chief never learned the ways of his ancestors, he tells them to collect firewood, then he goes off and calls the National Weather Service.

“Will the winter be bad?” he asks.

“Looks like it,” is the answer.

So the chief tells his people to gather more firewood. A week later, he calls again. “Are you positive the winter will be very cold?”

“Absolutely.”

The chief tells his people to gather even more firewood, then calls the Weather Service again: “Are you sure?”

“I’m telling you, it’s going to be the coldest winter on record.”

“How do you know?”

“Because the Indians are gathering firewood like crazy!”

在偏遠的保留區，印第安人問新任族長即將來臨的冬天會不會很冷。年輕族長從未學過祖先判斷天氣的方法，便先叫族人多積柴薪，然後自己打電話去問氣象局。

他問︰「今年冬天很冷嗎？」

「應該是。」

於是族長令族人多積柴薪。一週後，他再打電話去問：「今年冬天很冷嗎？」

「肯定會。」於是他令族人盡可能多積柴薪。

隔週，他再打電話去問：「你確定會很冷嗎？」

「肯定是史上最冷的冬天。」

「你怎會如此確定？」

「因為那些印第安人拚命堆積柴薪，像瘋了一樣！」

這是2010年11月23日加拿大氣象圖，上面的氣溫都是攝氏溫度，現在才11月而已，就已經有零下的溫度了，溫哥華23日晚上的氣溫還降到-10度，窗框都結冰了(室內的水氣碰到窗框結成冰)，今年的冬天真的會很冷！

上面的笑話是聊以解嘲，天寒地凍，再不笑一笑，就太憂鬱了。