Originally
published before the full extent of the destruction became apparent.
Hurricane
Katrina has been downgraded to Katie we can now confirm.
Reports
last night on Fox News, that the hurricane was to be downgraded to a Kate, were
just plain wrong.
Apology:
We
have been asked to apologize for our report yesterday in which we implied that
the reason Hurricane Katrina was given a female name was because 'female
hurricanes are the worst kind'.
We
are more than happy to point out that hurricanes with a male name can be as equally
bitchy, destructive and out of control as female named hurricanes.
The
fact that only two out of the ten worst hurricanes in the history of the USA have
had a male name is completely coincidental, and probably due to the fact that
hurricanes were only given female names until the mid 1970's and weren't named
at all before the 1950's.
We
have agreed to pay $1.23 damages to the first female down-and-out we come across
next time we go out on the street for a walk.
Another
Apology:
In
our business section yesterday we reported that 'multinational companies are
to be allowed to bid for the right for their competitors to be named as hurricanes
by 2023'.
Our
report stated that under the proposed new rules, The Coca Cola Company could have
had Hurricane Katrina renamed as Hurricane Pepsi for 'as little as $56 million'.
Our
report included a quote from an executive at The Coca Cola Company saying:
