When you live in a place where a thunderstorm makes the front page of the paper, and a frosty windshield is taken care of by spraying water from your hose onto your car, actual snow is a major event. The last time we saw any snow in San Francisco or San Jose was thirty years ago. You can imagine the kids running around making snowballs and sticking them in the freezer.
One of those snowballs is a local legend apparently.
The last week has been a whirl of 30th anniversary events. Forget Super Bowl Sunday. At the Shamus house it was Snow Ball Sunday -- a party with snowball cookies, snowball balloons, snowball cutouts, a collection of old photos and newspaper clippings and a big sign celebrating the icy icon's longevity.
Jeff, 44, marked the occasion by launching a Web site, www.oldestsnowball.com, to sate those hungry for snowball news.
"It's just kind of a stupid Web site," says Jeff, chief executive of a small software company. "Some people will find it amusing."
I thought this story was funny. However, I thought
the followup was even funnier.
"I hate to burst the lady's bubble [...] but I also have a snowball in my freezer from that snowfall. And there are probably about another 500 people in the valley that do, too."
Next you'll see them on EBay.
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