Saturday, June 19, 2010

Blame it on the Weatherman…

It’s harder than you’d think to get people to stop complaining about the weather in Austria and it doesn’t matter whether they’re from a mountain region, Vienna or Styria. Of course this has a number of reasons and this post will try to shed some light on the matter.

Reason #1: The weather never fits the present situation or mood of the complaining party.

Reason #2: 85 % think a look at the sky will enable them to forecast the weather for at least a week. Deep inside they’re all weathermen!

Reason #3: The weather will always be the perfect excuse to get out of plans or commitments. After all, if it’s raining cats and dogs, no one in their right mind would leave the house.

Reason #4: It makes people feel very in touch with science when they complain about there now being two seasons anymore instead of the usual four. It’s all about ‘climate change’ anyways.

Reason #5: It is an unwritten universal law that all people shall first talk about the weather when running into each other: A: “Hell there, how’s it going?” B: “I’m good but the heat is driving me crazy.” A: “I know exactly what you mean. Just two days ago it was 20 degrees colder!”

Reason #6: The weather is always worst in the place you find yourself to be in. It doesn’t matter if there is hailstorm only 10 kilometers away: when it’s drizzling where you are the weather can go ‘where the sun don’t shine’. Pun very much intended.

Yours truly.
Michelle

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