Tornadoes don¡¯t often stand as a topic for humor.
Perhaps Pecos Bill got a kick out of riding one, and maybe Dorothy Gale enjoyed her higher-than-sky journey as well ¡ª and her little dog, too. But ¡°tornado¡± is not one of those words ¡ª like ¡°brouhaha¡± or ¡°diphthong¡± ¡ª that begs an instant smile.
I myself hail from the so-called Tornado Alley that stretches across the American Midwest, and I know that funnel clouds aren¡¯t things you spin jokes about. Rather, they¡¯re to run from.
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