Idaho Racing News

Funny story, too bad it's not true.

It was October and the Indians on a remote reservation asked their new
chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the
old
secrets.
When he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going to
be
like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter
was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should
collect firewood to be prepared.

But being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He
went
to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is
the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is
going
to be quite cold," the meteorologist at the Weather Service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Does it
still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man
at
the National Weather Service again replied, "It's going to be a very
cold winter."

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later the chief called the National Weather Service again.
"Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"
"Absolutely," The man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is
going
to be one
of the coldest winters ever."

"How can you be so sure?" the chief asked.
The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like
crazy."