Happy New Year, apparently

14:00 local time in Sydney, 1 January 2006:

screenshot of weather applet showing 44 degrees C

Adrian Cronauer: It’s time for the weather report, and we’re going out live to the field:

Roosevelt E. Roosevelt: It’s hot. Which is fine if you’re with a lady, but it’s no good if you’re in the jungle!

Adrian Cronauer: Well can you tell me what it’s like?

Roosevelt E. Roosevelt: Fool, were you born on the sun? It’s hot. Damn hot. So hot I could cook things in my shorts… I saw this little man, dressed in orange robes, burst into flames.

– Robin Williams, “Good Morning Vietnam

AfC