"We Didn't Start The Snow Day"

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A principal in Nebraska announced a snow day yesterday by recording a four-minute parody of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire". And it had NO RIGHT to turn out as well as it did.

The principal of Conestoga High School in Murray, Nebraska is a guy named David Friedli. And yesterday, he announced the school was canceled for a snow day . . . by recording a four-minute parody of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".

And this thing had NO RIGHT to turn out as well as it did. It should've been super corny, but somehow, David sells it. Even though he's not a great singer . . . he's wearing sunglasses indoors . . . and he recorded it in his kitchen.

For a little taste, the lyrics start with, "Out on 42nd street, weather there is less than neat, snow is drifting, winds are blowing, it's a real mess."

And the chorus, of course, goes, "Staff didn't want a snow day, but the snow keeps falling so that's why we're calling."

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