Splish splash

[caddyman]

Wow. The rain is almost literally hammering down out there and I have to go out in it sometime in the next half hour. It's a long time since I've seen it that heavy.

I'll be glad when this drought is over.

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[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

It ain't pleasant out there.

I have arrived at work quite soggy.

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's almost like being back in KL. When's the rainy season due to start?

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

This is England; until recently it was always rainy season!

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

In Newport it is called "Croeso y Cwmru like see"

sides it dun rain much in Inglund thas why they steals ower water

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

Ah Devolution. That old Chestnut...

Tell you what..you can have Wimbledon, we'll have the water...

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

In Newport it is called "Croeso y Cwmru like see"

Ah, that's the difference between South Welsh and North Welsh. The Gogs say, "Croeso y Cwmru look you, isn't it"

stop it!

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

This is England; until recently it was always rainy season!

Okay, Bry, you are giving me too many flashbacks this morning. I remember sitting next to you in a German lesson one day, while a Real Live Boche, a pleasant young fellow depping for the great Terry Mack, was taking us through a conversation in our text book. Two characters were discussing possible holiday destinations, and one said (in German), "Why don't you go to England?" The other replied, "Nein danke, in England regnet es immer." You and I looked at each other and quietly nodded sagely, intoning, "Ja, yep, yep, ja," calmly accepting such a stereotypical dismissal of our country.

Presumably, if the character had said, "No ta, in England they are all pompous scheisskopfen," we might have had something to say to the Real Live Boche.

Re: stop it!

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Doesn't always rain, y'know.

Sometimes it's foggy.

Re: stop it!

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

People here (California) sometimes ask me, or comment, about the proverbial London fog, and I have to tell them it's a myth. When I lived there, it was never as Dickensian and pea-soupy as Americans assume it is. Living at the top of a mountain as I do now, the clouds often drop a few thousand feet and shroud our little town so that some people say to me, "Ooh, does it remind you of home?" Nope, I reply.

Re: stop it!

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

People here (California) sometimes ask me, or comment, about the proverbial London fog, and I have to tell them it's a myth.

Only since the Clean Air Acts - as recently as the late 1950s the smog was killing people.

Re: stop it!

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Really? Blimey! I think the considerable decrease in industry in the docklands area since the mid 20th century will have helped too.

Re: stop it!

[romney.livejournal.com]

Nope, the considerable decrease in industry in the docklands area is since I started to work there.

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I remember when I was at Agricultural college in 1962 we went to Smithfield show in London and when we came out the fog was descending. We were expecting the journey back to Usk to take around 5 hours - Will you all please stop shrieking with laughter - we left London at 6pm and arrived back at the college, having travelled without stopping, at 6am. the last hour being free from fog.
At one stage we had one person hanging out of the door and another walking along the pavement just to keep us on the right road.
You kids don't know you're born (she scoffs).