A veritable CIDU, sent in by Brian in STL. Is this how forecasting works?

A veritable CIDU, sent in by Brian in STL. Is this how forecasting works?
Well, sure. I guess no one who could move snow with a magic wand would bother shoveling snow. But what’s the joke?
Actually, now that I think about it, I don’t understand why he was bothering to shovel snow before.
Apparently three weeks ago, there was some expectation that municipal fireworks displays would be happening today.
(Let’s not even discuss why Id would have 4th of July fireworks: Id and BC-land exist outside of rational space and time, and we just have to accept that)
Firecracker was loud.
It hurt his ears.
And the joke is…?
Wiz turned himself into a turtle?
Mitch: When my father (Myron Marks) was in law school in the early 1950s, he and a friend named Jerry Engels had a joke that they would form a partnership. A law firm with two left/liberal partners, called “Marks & Engels” would surely be popular in those days!