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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?"

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."
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.

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