The Wake - Fortnightly Magazine

Four Headlines About Snow

February 3, 2009 02:14am

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A few years back I lived in London. It doesn’t snow there, ever. Actually, once it snowed 1 inch and the city fell apart at the seams. Anywho, for some reason I decided to read The Guardian while listening to the new Lily Allen album. I have no explanation for this series of events. I did drive a possible crack addict from Kansas City, Missouri to the gas station after his car (which was really a truck) ran out of gas outside of a bro bar I work at. Maybe that explains all of this.

Well, anyhow, it snowed some 10 inches in London in the past few days and the city can’t seem to cope with the event. The following headlines are mindnumblingly amazing for someone who lives in a snowy American city. Well, what are you waiting for.

1. The day the snow came and Britain stopped
2. Sledges have sold out – a nation goes out to play
3. How to make the perfect snowball
4. The Arctic blast that may have cost British businesses £1.2bn