Thursday, March 22, 2012
The latest climate change disaster.
While it doesn't match the severity of what faces Kiribati, it could have a profound effect on the mating habits of a significant segment of society.
A natural disaster has befallen the local pussy willow crop, threatening courtship traditions of the post-Easter celebration of Dyngus Day.This is serious. Without a swat from that certain someone, how will you know who to splash with water? Dyngus Day will be just another drunken polka festival.
Because of the unseasonably warm weather -- Tuesday's high of 80 degrees marked the fourth straight day of record-setting temperatures at Buffalo Niagara International Airport -- the growth on pussy willow branches quickly is exceeding the desired fuzzy bud, or catkin, stage.
And Dyngus Day is April 9 -- almost three weeks away.
"We are at a crisis period right now," said Martin Biniasz, co-founder of Dyngus Day Buffalo.
According to Polish custom, young men and women demonstrate their interest in potential mates by swatting them with pussy willow branches or dousing them with water.
"Without the proper pussy willows, who knows. Marriages might not happen. Relationships could fall apart," said "Airborne" Eddy Dobosiewicz, Dyngus Day Buffalo's other co-founder.
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