Thanks Arthur

Young William - you know who you are - you have uncovered the greatest treasure YouTube has to offer. If you found a vending machine that dispensed naked ladies three for a penny, it still wouldn't top this nine second piece of excellence. Let's have a look:

Call off the 2008 YouTube awards. The contest is clearly over.

From what I've gathered, this clip comes from a Haitian news program (okay, the map in the background gave it away). I admit that I haven't kept up to date with Haiti's history, politics and culture, but I did learn the following facts in nine short seconds:

• Pretty much everywhere in Haiti, it's going to be hot.
• You don't need a jacket.
• AhHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!

Arthur's laugh may be slightly deranged, but don't judge him. He's a weatherman, after all. The pressure of delivering the somber news that, yes... sadly, it's going to rain on your granddaughter Millie's wedding can be a grind on anyone's sanity. You think you have the stones to promise sunshine and then deal with the angry mob knocking down your door when it turns out to be cloudy? I didn't think so.

I salute Haiti's contribution to the field of meteorology. That's not sarcasm. All we have here in the states are stone-faced puppets that point at a green screen and over-explain what should be simplified to "you need an umbrella" or "tie down your patio furniture". Arthur... you, my friend, just tell us it's hot and laugh off the notion of wearing a tacky blazer.

Of course this entire entry was just filler and only here to justify putting that video on my blog. If you read none of this and just played that video ten times in a row, then I have succeeded.