The Real Reason for This Week’s Warm Spell

evillageidiot:

To: All Staff
From: Mother Nature
Re: Spring

This is to inform you that effective April, 2009, spring will be eliminated due to budget shortfalls. We regret having to make this decision, but because of the recession, all companies are being forced to make cutbacks. This was a difficult decision to make, but with the nature of today’s economy, one season had to be eliminated.

You may have noticed that in anticipation of an economic slowdown, our corporate parent, God, Inc., recommended instituting a trial run of eliminating spring in 2008 in the New York area. Winter was extended by several weeks, and summer began several weeks early to accommodate the additional space in the schedule. The success of this trial resulted in our decision to eliminate spring entirely in 2009.

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