English people are pathetic
(Jimmy Eat World - The Authority Song)
No offense to any English readers (hey I’m English myself ‘kay), but English people really are pathetic. I only wish I could call myself something else, and not be linked to a nation of half-wits but what can I do…
Anyway the reason being is that the English have to be THE worst nation for dealing with the stage of the water cycle that is rain. Cor blimey I don’t think you’d find a worst nationality than the English when it comes to dealing with rain!
We complain that it rains 365 days a year (so not true, although it does depend where you live, but still not EVERY day…) and so in theory we should be the most adaptable to rain.
FALSE!
Ok, so the past couple of weeks, the English (at least, haven’t been following other parts of the UK; sorry!) have enjoyed summer-like weather. Beautiful sun, warmer than warm temperatures and general non-English weather for late April/early May.
The nation has suddenly kitted themselves out in shorts, stupidly small tees and rather cheesy smelling flip flops. Of course, me being me, I failed to succumb to the temptation of getting my chicken-like, white as snow legs out (just yet).
And then, of course, the bank holiday came, and as of Monday, it has rained at least once every day. Dear OH dear! RAIN!?! What!?! But we had SUCH perfect weather!!!
Even with the hesitant acceptance of the change in the winds the English have failed to change to the weather. Umbrellas? Numbered in few. Waterproof coats? Hell I think I’m the only one. Shorts, tees, and flip flops? Still in a population surge. My, they do deserve to be hunted and cooked on a spit. (Hmm, although I really wouldn’t want to eat cheesy flip flops personally).
So my dearies, even with the likes of Cambridge and Oxford University, the nation of mongrels has yet to evolve to include a working brain.
I have been wearing my waterproof coat and using my excessively-almost-laughable sized umbrella. And greet the rain with a smile! Our herbs outside have been (and still are struggling), and I want the chives to grow to add to tuna! (My, I miss tuna sandwiches with chives, it’s just not the same).
P.S. The song included is completely irrelevant. I’m just totally lovin’ it at the moment.
What’s wrong with ‘not being prepared’ for the rain? I like walking the rain.
I suppose I don’t mind because I keep short hair and don’t dress very well so rain doesn’t ruin my day. I do find it funny when people run through it like it’s melting them or something. It’s water! Albeit very polluted water if you live in the states.
Rain is nice to some extent but ya know there are times when there is just exactly too much of it! Sometimes its nice to watch the rain come down.
haha if I would go on about how much I didn’t like the US, you’d think I was horrid. You couldn’t live here for nothing if you saw how NAKED people are when it’s raining, when it’s FREEZING cold, or just everyday. It’s not very cute and it’s completely sleazy if you ask me. I don’t dress in such manners while it’s raining. I get sick too easy to do that in the first place.
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Send us some of that rain! We’re having a drought in Australia, the worst we’ve seen for 100 years. We’re under strict water restrictions.
Haha…. yeah you’re right, us English are a bit pathetic sometimes but I was actually one of the ones prepared for the rain. I just had a feeling and managed to remember my umbrella when I went to work. Sadly though my coat wasn’t exactly waterproof so I did get a bit wet. But anyway I love the rain. Take it easy!
I like the rain, it’s soothing. I don’t have anything that is waterproof though, except my watch, because usually it’s hot here, and only rains during Tornado season.
Haha, yes humans are a funny breed. Here in Canada we should be used to the cold weather during the winter, yet everyone always complains about it and the kids don’t dress to keep themselves warm. It’s the just the way we work I guess. We focus and exaggerate the bad and forget about the good.
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Rock on.. \m/
It’s certainly not just English.
People dress like crap here. I’m in the south now (raised in northern USA) and people where sweaters in 90 degree weather. I can’t even justify a sweater in 60 degree weather. At 90 degrees I can hardly leave my house because walking outside burns my skin and turns into an instant sweat.