NUSA DUA, INDONESIA - Vice President Al Gore brought Heat Miser to the U.N. Climate Conference yesterday in an attempt to hammer out differences between the world and the man Gore described as “the primary obstacle to progress in the international efforts to fight global warming.” Gore’s decision to invite the reclusive Mr. Miser was met with skepticism by many participants. One panel member, who wished to remain anonymous, called Heat Miser’s visit counterproductive. "This guy sent me a birthday card last year with a picture of himself blowing his nose in the Kyoto protocols.”
But Mr. Gore said with the future of the Earth in the balance, it was imperative that world leaders meet with their adversary and hammer out an agreement. “Let’s face it,” said Mr. Gore. “He’s Mr. Green Christmas. He’s Mr. Sun.”
Announcing his arrival in the conference room with an elaborate song and dance routine in which he extolled the pleasures of all things heat-related, Mr. Miser presented an laundry list of grievances against his brother, Snow Miser, that he said must be addressed before he would relent in his efforts to destroy the polar ice-caps. A spokesman for Mr. Gore said he was sending an emissary to Mother Nature asking her to consider interceding. “It’s the only way we’re going to move forward.”
