Britain’s collective summer amnesia

[almostwitty]

Every summer, Britain seems to get collective amnesia at the first sight of substantial rain. Even now, on Twitter, lots of UK people are lamenting Where has our summer gone?.

This somewhat neglects the fact that less than 6 weeks ago, we were in the middle of a summer heatwave, with hosepipe bans and weather health alerts posted. For days and days it seemed as if the weather would do nothing but bake golden sunshine.

I wouldn’t mind so much, but it happens EVERY YEAR. And without fail, people will come back to work in August or September and lament where has my summer gone. It hasn’t gone anywhere – we had it, and we loved it at the time. Remember?

Mirrored from almost witty.

Comments

[actionreplay.livejournal.com]

Er, not in Scotland...

[flyslip.livejournal.com]

You want some cheese with that whine, Brits?

Honestly, you want more than a couple days of summer, I'D HAPPILY SWAP YA.

[heartsways.livejournal.com]

I love our obsession with the weather. Any excuse to complain. It's the foundation of everything British.

[evisceria78.livejournal.com]

So it's over then? I can't be sure