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On Hurricane Joaquin

The Mom: Just reading about Hurricane Joaquin. Joaquin. What’s up with that name? You know some local weather guy is butchering the name like “Hurricane Joe-A-Q-In”. Or “Joa-Queen”.

The 17 y.o.: Joaquin is chill. It sounds like a big, bad storm name. Not girly like “Nancy”. Or “Sandy”. Who’s gonna run away from “Hurricane Diane”? These are not big, bad storm names. Nancy sounds like she runs a call center in Iowa and reports to Diane.

Key and Peele Substitute Teacher Hurricane Joaquin

Click here for the Key and Peele Substitute Teacher Sketch from the above picture [PG-13 for language]

PS. It’s not the first time my eldest has expressed her opinion about hurricanes. Flash back with this gem of a conversation  from 2011 between my eldest (who was 12 at the time) and middle daughter (9 at the time).

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