“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
When the temperature hits 28 and the government gives a heatwave warning, what is a sensible, rational and sane person to do?
These guys nailed it.
28 Celsius? A heatwave? Talk to Daphne and me, we could tell you UK pussies something about heatwaves.
Posted in: Britain, Control Freaks.
paraphrased from Lord Vetinari
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Where’s this friggin heatwave happening then?
Certainly not round my way!
We’ve had a few nice days, but nothing special.
Those clowns in the Met Office are obviously looking out a different window to me.
Yeah but you and Daphne don’t get Top Gear. I’d take that over sweating through my day with humid hair. I hate having humid hair. Thank fuck for no heatwave. Sun and cool and rain and cloud suit me just fine. Sorry to piss on your ‘pussy’ parade
We do get Top Gear, it’s on Aussie TV. It’s pretty widely available in the US as well.
Well I certainly get it in Bristol.
You want sweat?
I went to Sri Lanka a few years ago.
At sea level the heat and humidity was oppressive.
Well this oppressive.
You open the door to your patio of a morning, dressed only in t shirt shorts and sandals,
and instantly you are in a muck sweat from your hair all the way down to your gay hobbit toes.
Ah but the higher up the mountains you go, the whole thing changes.
I stayed in Nura Ellia (spelin check) and ran into a party of rather rich hindus celebrating a birthday.
Well there was a big group of them in the bar having a good time, but you could tell the ones from Columbo because they were dressed like Shirpas, with puffa jackets and leg warmers and all.
Shit is was a pleasant 65F (I still use the old money) shirt sleeve weather!
But they just wernt used to it.
I like it hot and dry, not to clever with humidity myself.
28 degree Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit)? Absolute pussies.
We hit our 8th day of over 100 degrees (that’s 38 degrees Celsius) for July already here in Fort Worth, Texas, with more to come.
August is when it *really* gets hot.
And Top Gear is my 18 year old’s favorite show.
28? Across the channel it’s 25 for 5 days on end with 3 of those over 30.
Of course it matters where in the country that happens.
Of all the dozens of weather stations monitored by our weather service only a single one, at their headquarters, is used to determine whether we’re having a heatwave (or “global warming”, how you determine whether the world is having a fever as a whole by the data from a single thermometer is beyond me).
Weekly? Cool. Can you tell me what channel in the US? My sister lives in LA and misses TG like mad. This news can be her birthday present.
Can you tell me what channel in the US? My sister lives in LA and misses TG like mad. This news can be her birthday present.
I’ll just mention that I didn’t get that clip by jumping in a time machine and go forward to next October or whenever SBS get around to showing that particular episode, know what I mean, nudge-nudge wink-wink [sticks hands in pockets and nonchalantly walks away whistling].
Thanks for the HT Cats.