This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

The little girl who could Version 1

See the alternative version in the next posting. Both inspired by Peter, who passed on this inspired idea:

Once there was a little girl who was on her way to the winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada. She was very excited to get to watch fantastic skaters and curling teams and hockey teams and skiers. But then she heard the sad news that there wasn't enough snow for all the snowboarders, and ski jumpers, and skiers. They were going to cancel all those events unless someone had a plan to help Vancouver and Cypress Mountain get more snow!

This little girl had an amazing idea. It was the day after the Big Storm. The Big, Big, Big Storm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania She was standing in 3 feet of snow, wondering, "Why not ship the snow to Cypress mountain? We don't need all that snow here, and they need it so, so much more for the Olympics."

So, she put out a call to all of her friends, and all of their friends, and all of their friends, and the mayor, and the people her parents worked with, and all the kids at her school, and their friends, and their doctors and all their patients, and the mail carrier (for there was actually mail the day of the big storm) and all her neighbors, and their families, and the people who came around to shovel snow, and the drivers of the big plow trucks. She asked them to shovel their snow into big refrigerated trucks that would take the snow to the airport. At the airport would be waiting big refrigerated airplanes ready to take the snow all the way to British Columbia.

And so it happened that on the day after the record was set for the most snowfall in a single winter on the east coast of the United States, all of those people told all of their friends, who told all of their friends to shovel the snow into trucks stationed all over the city. The trucks rumbled down to the airport, where there were airplanes waiting to pick up the snow to make the trip all the way to the west coast of Canada.

Across the skies they flew on Thursday afternoon. People along the way looked up in awe at the formation of airplanes that was bringing new hope to the people of Vancouver. When the planes landed in Vancouver, the citizens cheered as the trucks that were waiting for the airplanes were piled higher and higher with the vast snow. AS the amazing caravan sped up the road to Cypress Mountain,Canadians stood and cheered the amazing caravan of snow that would save their Olympics.

And so it was that on the night of the Opening Ceremony, all people sang and cheered and smiled, knowing that the spirit of Olympic inspiration had made it possible for the games to go on.

Let the games begin!

Original 'treatment' of The Little Girl Who Could

About the author of this story

The evil Pete has evil schemes under his prayer shawl. His experience as a futures trader and experience with derivatives form the riveting drama that unfolds. He attempts to corner the market on snow futures while betting that the snow will never make it to Vancouver (rather that the water will be used for his bottled water business) The planes will be stuck in Philadelphia due to another snow storm, making it impossible to reach the Olympics in time.

I'm working on the movie rights already- we'll start filming upon your return with my super 8 mm camera.

Have a great time!!!!!!!!
Peter

TOBIE SAVES THE WINTER OLympics
A sweet Jewish girl from Philadelphia saves the winter Olympics.

Tobie leaves Phila. the city. Phila. is hit by snow storms totaling in excess of 6 feet.
The excess snow paralyzes the city Mayor freaks because he can’t figure out where to put all the snow.He refuses to dump the snow into the 2 rivers which cross the city, because it would “pollute the waters with “toxic” chemicals” (environmentally/politically incorrect). The environmentalists (politically correctnicks) constitute a major part of his political base. The mayor is paralyzed, by what to do with this situation.

Tobie (remember the sweet Jewish girl form Phila.- our heroine) arrives at the winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Canada. The Olympic snow committee (a sub group of the Olympic winter games committee- a corrupt group of self serving, nationalistic pols) are paralyzed with fear by the lack of snow at the Olympic games. Tobie (our heroine from Phila./ mind you she is Jewish too!!!) hears about the committee’s dilemma, almost as soon as she lands in Vancouver.

Tobie is sad (boo-hoo…….) I’ve come all this distance and no snow. I’ll probably have to watch lawn bowling, and down hill free form tumbling. “I can’t have this happen, I’ve got to think of something (she say’s to herself, because at this point she hasn’t met up with her friends/ good thing, because the story would turn out very different if we were to complicate it with 2 other characters!!!!)

Tobie thinks long and hard (6.25 seconds/ she’s very bright) and the light bulb on top of her Phillies hat lights up with energy generated by her thinking. She’ll contact her friend, Peter the ganiff ( I wanted to use Moishe but I thought I should have an important role, even if it were the villan / good guy) sometimes known as sneaky Pete (you’ll see why).

As luck would have it Pete calls Tobie, to talk about the snow situation in Philadelphia, just as Tobie was starting to call Pete. (He’s politically connected and is trying to score points with the mayor so he could get all of Milton Streets no show contracts)

Tobie and Pete start talking at the same time saying the same thing, THE SNOW!!!!!!!!! Get it shipped to Vancouver. If it’s toxic those Canadians would never know it, they’d be so grateful for the snow any way.

Pete’s idea is to get Tobie’s American Express number (oops, they only take VISA)to steal her identity and most of all to be able to send Tobie, (our heroine) post cards from as many Caribbean islands as he can before he, well that’s another whole book!!!!!!!) They compromise (Tobie’s no dumbie, and she read the book Special Schemes for Dumbies). They decide to ship airfreight (collect) To lessen the impact of the financial burden they contact Birdseye foods, they pick up a portion of the shipping costs- they don’t need to ship by refrigerated truck- any way the would be able to recoup the money from ARA by charging them the same foe the food.

More to come..................