(February 15, 2011 at 10:58 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: who or what is a 'gustav'?
Hurricane. We name them here in America.
Courtesy Lew Black (there's a quote for everything - much like Carlin):
"Why the fuck do they name hurricanes? What do you call a tornado? A *tornado*. You get the fucking message. If they're going to name hurricanes, why don't they give it a name that applies? Like "Jesus Christ on a Crutch!" followed by the next big one "Hoooooooooooly Fuckin' Moses!""
"Hurricane Andrew? Why would you name a hurricane Andrew? Did the hurricane show up in a cravat and a dickie saying "Scurry, scurry, Andy's here!""
"...And you know what they called that Hurricane? "Bob." I don't know a lot, I know this: "Bob" is not a hurricane; "Bob" is an insurance salesman. From Topeka, Kansas. You meet Bob when you're stuck in an airport cocktail lounge for two hours, because the airport's been watching the Weather Channel. And you're stuck next to Bob and Bob starts talking about his wife and kids and he buys you some drinks and shows you pictures of the family and you start to think 'Hey, Bob's not a bad guy." and then Bob tries to sell you insurance and you have to say 'Fuck you, Bob!' That is a Bob."