This has to be a joke??!!
I hope this letter to the NorthWest Arkansa News is just a bit of dry, sarcastic humour…. is it???!!! Please tell me it is?
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs
Doh!!!
2007 Apr 25 Gavin
Yeah, its got to be. The original letter is available on the NWANews site. If you search for ‘MESKIMEN’, you’ll get a few other letters that have the same satirical tone, such as whether you can claim for gin & tonics on you health insurance (about half way down the page)!