It’s going to hit 93 degrees tomorrow, and the recent hot and dry spells remind me of air conditioner-less days as a kid when my dad got a kick out of Johnny Carson’s shtick on “The Tonight Show” that started off with news of a hot day in Burbank. The audience would all in unison, and on cue, ask, “How hot was it?” Some of his responses were pretty funny. Here are just a few of the memorable one-liners from http://www.jokes4us.com/peoplejokes/comedianjokes/johnnycarsonjokes.html and http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326791/posts and http://voices.yahoo.com/how-hot-it-3705276.html

It was so hot today that

1. I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea.
2. Burger King was singing, “if you want it your way, cook it yourself.”
3. Musicians were snorting ice cubes.
4. I saw a Brinks truck with a screen door on it!
5. Not only can you fry an egg on the sidewalk, but you can toast the English muffin, too.
6. Your Odor Eaters have sent up a white flag.
7. The greyhound, on the side of the bus, is carrying a bottle of Gatorade.
8. At the beach, you can get sunburned underwater.
9. The onion rings you have under your arm aren’t from Burger King.
10. Fire ants are carrying personal fans.

Pam Parker is the editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home at the Erie Times-News in Erie, Pa.