Thursday, September 09, 2004
I'd like to express my admiration for Herbert Saffir and Bob Simpson, inventors of the Saffir-Simpson scale for classifying hurricanes. These guys are world famous, being mentioned constantly each summer and fall during hurricane season. Not bad for doing about 8 minutes worth of work.
H: "Hey Bob, do you think the category 3 should be 111-130 MPH winds, or should it stop at 125?"Like the guy that invented Cherry Coke, I'd like to induct Saffir and Simpson into the "8 minutes worth of work to define a career, Hall of Fame" based in Rochester, NY.
B: "Herbert, I don't give a shit. Just finish this up so we can grab lunch already."
H: "Ok fine dude. Let's make it 74-95, 96-110, 111-130, 131-155, and uh, anything above that we'll just make a category 5."
B: "Perfect. Tag it and bag it."