Guest guest Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 I think this is for Al. Isn't he from Chicago? Are there any other Cubs fans out there? A Chicagoan dies and is sent to Hell. He had been a horrible man his entire life. The devil puts him to work breaking up rocks with a sledgehammer. To make it worse he cranks up the temperature and the humidity. After a couple of days, the devil checks in on his victim to see if he is suffering adequately. The devil is aghast as the Chicagoan is happily swinging his hammer and whistling a happy tune. The devil walks up to him and says, " I don't understand this. I've turned the heat way up, it's humid, you're crushing rocks; why are you so happy? " The Chicagoan, with a big smile, looks at the devil and replies, " This is great! It reminds me of August in Chicago. Hot, humid, a good place to work. It reminds me of home. This is fantastic! " The devil, extremely perplexed, walks away to ponder the Chicagoan's remarks. Then he decides to drop the temperature, send down a driving rain and torrential wind. Soon, hell is a wet, muddy mess. Walking in mud up to his knees with dust blowing into his eyes, the Chicagoan is happily slogging through the mud pushing a wheelbarrow full of crushed rocks. Again, the devil asks how he can be happy in such conditions. The Chicagoan replies, " This is great! Just like April in Chicago. It reminds me of working out in the yard with spring planting! " The devil is now completely baffled and determined to make the Chicagoan suffer. He makes the temperature plummet. Suddenly Hell is blanketed in snow and ice. Confident that this will surely make the Chicagoan unhappy, the devil checks in on the Chicagoan. He is again aghast at what he sees. The Chicagoan is dancing, singing, and twirling his sledgehammer as he cavorts in glee. " How can you be so happy? Don't you know its 40 below zero!? " screams the devil. Jumping up and down the Chicagoan throws a snowball at the devil and yells, " Hell's frozen over!! This means the Cubs won the world series!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 LOL, Jan! This is an accurate description of Chicago weather. I've lived near Chicago all my life and was a Cubs fan when I was a kid. [ ] Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Kathy I'm so glad you got to go out and have a terrific time! You have certainly deserved it for a while now........Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 thanks cary, i really wanted to go last summer. just too afraid i'd get sick kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Sounds like so much fun, Kathy! I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] chicago > as many of you know i attended the earth wind & fire and the band chicago > concert this weekend. it was great. we parked right up front. out seats were > about 30 rows back. we signed up at wjmk 104.3 station, they took our picture and > it is supposed to be on the web page later this week. we bought t-shirts to > help save demon dogs. it is the hot dog place they hung out as high school > students. it allowed us to go to the hospitality tent where the bands eventually > showed up. i met bill champlin, i told him i liked the show and thought he had > more fun than we do at work. he says he figures he play for free. they pay him > to get on the bus, photographs, band meetings and band fights. i met robert > lamm. (he is so handsome!!! and tall!!!) we just said hi and he was pulled away > for pictures. i met walt parazaider. told him i always looked up to him as a > flute player. (another one so tall!! i felt really short!!) then finally i met > jimmy pankow. i gave him a hug, told him i loved him!!!! we made an isle > between miry and me so when they left we'd get a chance to see, touch whatever and > one of the earth wind and fire guys came up and said he liked my button. it > was a chicago button that lit up. then he kissed me!!! we watched all the > excitement for awhile. then we decided to leave so i went back to jimmy pankow (with > a push from miry!!) and said we were going to go and i needed to give him > another hug. so we are hugging and miry tells him i am his biggest fan and talk > about him every day. it was such a perfect night. we got home about 2 am and it > was probably a night i will never forget. my voice is gone, my feet hurt and > my hip is out of place. but definatly worth all. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 it was gina. my boss still hasn't made it back to work yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 i did have a great time. now i am going back in august with another friend!!! kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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