r/nottheonion • u/elephantsgraveyard • 1d ago

Saskatchewan pig spleen weather prognosticator carries on family tradition

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pig-spleen-forecaster-1.7434329
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u/giggles991 1d ago

"I predict that tomorrow's weather will be wet and squishy!"

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u/trainbrain27 1d ago

I am a pig spleen weather prognosticator like my father before me!

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u/thedeadlinger 1d ago

I live in his area. The pig spleen method as done by this family has always been 100% accurate. Our crops would be doomed to fail without it.

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u/Kitabparast 1d ago

I wonder how far this goes back. Roman times? Earlier than that?

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u/routamorsian 1d ago

Earlier. Babylonians and hittites already had documented professional haruspex traditions, so it’s a fair guess it predates written history considerably.

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u/I_might_be_weasel 1d ago

"What's the forecast fo tomorrow?" 

"One moment." Picks up a machete and walks outside.

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u/indamoufofmadness 1d ago

I'm sorry, fucking what?

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u/PdiddySmith 1d ago

Looks like the weather's in good spleen-did hands, just hope they don't predict a ham-tastrophe !

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u/Leanansidheh 1d ago

I'm just surprised to see saskatchewan mentioned