"Get it? Glooow-bal!"
Looking over the triple-digit highs forecast for pretty much the entire Central Time Zone over the next three or four days, I couldn't help but think of one of my all-time favorite quotes from King of the Hill: Dale Gribble's inevitable conspiracy theory on global warming as an "egghead government plot:"
Enjoy Dale's Undeniable Wisdom (WAV file)
And here's the transcript:
DALE: I know what's wrong with your truck. It's your quote unquote pollution controls. I heard on talk radio you don't even need 'em, they're just an egghead government plot.It's a keeper.
HANK: How is cutting down on pollution a government plot, Dale?
DALE: Open up your eyes, man. They're trying to control global warming. Get it? "Glooow-bal!"
HANK: So what?
DALE: That's code for U.N. commissars telling Americans what the temperature's going to be in our outdoors. I say let the world warm up, let's see what Boutros Boutros Ghali Ghali has to say about that. We'll grow oranges in Alaska!
HANK: Dale, you giblet-head, we live in Texas! It's already 110 in the summer, and if it gets one degree hotter, I'm going to kick your ass!