An oldtimers once said, "Ain't nothin' will beat you in Oklahoma other than depression and the weather!"

Or someone else said, "It's so hot folks are savin' on cleaning a skillet by frying their eggs on the sidewalk.

"Yep, the birds are flyin' backward just so's they won't have to fly into the hot winds."

I know it's hot because the old man missed the spitoon and there was a sizzle and nothin' else was left, not one drop.

Another church goin' gentleman might comment, "Yep, it's hotter than H.............'er ah hades."

When the wasps are sharing the birdbath with the Wrens and Robins, you know it's hot.

And last of all, Tito, the Chijuajua, who normally loves to be free, scoots through the door when someone comes in the door, only to zip off to the coolest room and corner of the house where the a.c. is working best.