Six Reasons Why It Stopped Raining in Toronto

Something must be wrong.  It's not raining in Toronto. The skies are overcast, but no rain. According to our weatherologists, it was supposed to rain until Monday or Tuesday.  Here are six possible reasons why it stopped:

- God is getting old and forgetful.  He started to flood the world a second time, but got distracted.

- The Union of Weather Workers went on strike, and Management is doing its best to keep the weather coming.

- Mother Nature ran out of rain, and the Weather Workers' strike is delaying the delivery of more.

- The clouds are waiting for us to wash our cars.

- A plumber finally fixed the leaking pipes in Heaven.



"Wait a minute.  Your title says six reasons and you only gave five."

Really?  So I did.  Sorry, but some of the rain must have gotten into my brain.

A FANTASTIC STORY?

I ran out of ideas while writing a story about a writer who is blocked.  He was halfway through his novel when his characters went on strike for better character traits.  They felt that they should be equal to the characters created by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain.  How can writers write when their characters refuse to work for them?

I never thought that my main character's characters' strike would affect me.  If their strike does not end soon, then I will abandon this story and hope the literary police do not arrest and charge me with Criminal Negligence and Story Abandonment.

It was such a fantastic story idea before I ruined it by turning it into writing. 

WINTER SPEAKS . . .

"Sorry I'm late. I was delayed by the Union of Weather Workers. They're on strike and they made me wait at the picket line."