I trot out my nonmotorized little $100 job from Lowe’s. It doesn’t noise-pollute, it doesn’t air-pollute, and it burns precisely the fuel I want it to burn.
Not to detract from the cartoon’s joke, but Wikipedia describes the idea that Eskimos have a large number of words for snow as an “urban myth” (altho “urban” is not a word I usually associate with Eskimos).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo-words-for-snow
(substituting hyphens for underscores)
The Inuit did have numerous words for the type of snow they were dealing with. When they get up everyday, they know there is probably snow (10 months of the year), but they needed to know what kind of snow to decide if they can go hunting. This has probably dissipated since they now live in houses and don’t depend on hunting as much for their living anymore.
VishalTrivedi over 15 years ago
…and another hundred for lawn moving!
Jml58 over 15 years ago
But they are unprintable.
lewisbower over 15 years ago
Luckily they can’t be heard over the lawnmower
4deerinmyyard over 15 years ago
I trot out my nonmotorized little $100 job from Lowe’s. It doesn’t noise-pollute, it doesn’t air-pollute, and it burns precisely the fuel I want it to burn.
pschearer Premium Member over 15 years ago
Not to detract from the cartoon’s joke, but Wikipedia describes the idea that Eskimos have a large number of words for snow as an “urban myth” (altho “urban” is not a word I usually associate with Eskimos).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo-words-for-snow (substituting hyphens for underscores)
CoBass over 15 years ago
A fixed version of pschearer’s Wikipedia link is here
kab2rb over 15 years ago
I feel sorry for the ones uses those old fashion push cutters. I know it saves on gas but the body takes punshinment.
calvinandquestionmark over 15 years ago
Yeah, and when they have to mow it, the words all start with swear words.
KingRat over 15 years ago
more that 100 words…
…and those are just the 4 letter words.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 15 years ago
The Inuit did have numerous words for the type of snow they were dealing with. When they get up everyday, they know there is probably snow (10 months of the year), but they needed to know what kind of snow to decide if they can go hunting. This has probably dissipated since they now live in houses and don’t depend on hunting as much for their living anymore.