Dawn French Fan Club 4

It's late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, 'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. 'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked.

The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting a shitload of firewood.'

MurielB a écrit:...

not bat an eye

mainly AMERICAN
If someone does not bat an eye when something happens, they do not appear at all shocked or surprised by it.

Tx Gérard for the expression I now know.

> mainly AMERICAN
Muriel, the expression is used both in BE and AM, the difference is that the BE expression is "without batting an eyelid" while the AM one is "without batting an eye(lash)" (in French, sans tiquer, sans ciller, sans sourciller).
LOL les Brits parlent de paupière, les Yanks parlent de cils et les Frenchies parlent de cils ou de sourcils.