It’s snowing! Time to switch to Snow Talk!
Or should I say, “Snow Snalk”? Or “Snow Snock”?
Once upon a time, a long time ago, some 60 years ago, my sister and I were walking in our quiet neighborhood. It was dark. The neighborhood was peaceful. And the street lights were shining through the snowy wintery air. We were both in a good mood. And silliness got the best of us!
My sister and I are less than a year apart in age and though we argued a bit, most of the time we were the best of friends. And we are, we think, the inventors of Snow
Talk!
“Snow Talk” is very simple. Just put “SN” in front of every word you want to use to communicate. There are no strict rules, of course, and “SN” can be left out wherever one chooses.
Here is an example. The first line is “Once upon a time, my sister and I were walking in our quiet neighborhood.
In Snow Talk it would be said as follows:
Snonce upon a snime, my snisster and sny were snalking in our sniet sneighborsnood!
Next Line: It was dark. The neighborhood was peaceful. The street lights were shining through the snowy air.
Snit was snark. The sneighborsnood snas sneeceful. The snreet snights sner snining through the snowy snair.
We were both in a good mood. And suddenly silliness got the best of us!
Snee sner snoth in a snood snood. And snuddenly,snilliness snot the snest of snus!
I don’t know or remember exactly why we suddenly began to talk this way, but it is now being passed down to other generations.
Believe me. If you are blessed some day to be playing outdoors with some middle-aged to younger children who love Grannies–and it’s snowing –and you tell them this tale of Snow Talk, they will never forget it! And everyone will want to try out this new instant language! And laughter will prevail. (Ah! Laughter! The Best mediocine!)
Imagine another scenario and see yourself sittingindoors with friends or family or anyone with a sense of humor—And you are all cozy and warm, perhaps sipping hot chocolate, some special December eve—And someone says: “Snets snalksnow snalk!”
I hope you all try this out! And of course, you don’t have to wait until December.
Hearty laughter is such a delicious activity, and certainly good for the soul!
My father, who was a pediatrician, was a generally quiet, gentle man. He worked long hours at the hospitaltaking care of sick babies and children. And one could say that “he had a way with children.” One of my fondest memories of my father is the silly jokes he would tell.
An example: A woman was riding on a passenger train when she burst into tears, sobbing loudly. She was so loud that the train conductor went rushing to her and asked what was wrong. The teary-eyed woman told the conductor that the passenger next to her had said that her baby was ugly-“the ugliest baby he had ever seen!” And she began sobbing again.
The conductor said to the man, “Dear Dear me, Sir! What a thing to say! “ And he showed the man to another seat on the train. Then he went back to the mother and attempted to calm her saying, “Madam! I’m so sorry. Could I get you some water to drink and a banana for your monkey?”
To this day, I still ponder the puzzle of whether the baby was actually a real monkey or not!!! And what do you think the conductor thought?
I know what I think. Snafter is the snest Snedicine!