Saturday, February 26, 2005
NEWS TEAM MISTAKENLY HIRES WEATHERMAN WITH NORMAL SOUNDING NAME
IMMEDIATELY PRESSURES "JOHN SMITH" TO CHANGE NAME TO SOMETHING AMUSING
Young meteorologist John Smith took over for Gale Storm today at local station KLAX, causing an immediate reaction of outrage from weathermen at other LA stations. Dallas Raines, Johnny Mountain, Fritz Coleman, Snowball Jones, Sleet Lightning and other local stars of weather reportage all signed a petition, sent to the National Weatherman Name Registry, strongly urging the Registry to censure John Smith, fine him, and force him to use a more amusing moniker. Retired weather legend Hal "Hail" Thunderpanz explained, "If we allow one local weatherman to use a regular name, think of the example it will set for all future weathermen. It will spread like a virus. We simply cannot allow the menace named John Smith to go unchecked."
