Stormy Weather

[Nick Armstrong]

Reminds me of The Masterson Inheritance, the R4 improvised melodrama from over twenty years ago. Josie Lawrence made a comment "You can't gamble on the future!" to which Paul Merton began a riff (which had the audience - and Ms Lawrence - breathless with laughter): "What do you mean, 'You can't gamble on the future'? What else can you gamble on? 'I bet you King Harold loses at the Battle of Hastings'? You try going into Ladbrooks and offering a tenner on England winning the World Cup in 1966!" etc etc etc

[Beef Oven!]

That's the future for you, Bbm... You just never know!

[Beef Oven!]

Reminds me of The Masterson Inheritance, the R4 improvised melodrama from over twenty years ago. Josie Lawrence made a comment "You can't gamble on the future!" to which Paul Merton began a riff (which had the audience - and Ms Lawrence - breathless with laughter): "What do you mean, 'You can't gamble on the future'? What else can you gamble on? 'I bet you King Harold loses at the Battle of Hastings'? You try going into Ladbrooks and offering a tenner on England winning the World Cup in 1966!" etc etc etc

[BBMmk2]

Great weather at the moment. Hope it stays! :)

[Serial_Apologist]

Still cool, and really wet tomorrow and the weekend, but arming up from next Thursday, according to "Brummie Simon":

http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtvsimonnew.php?ID=1368

I'll believe that when it comes.

[vinteuil]

Still cool, and really wet tomorrow and the weekend, but arming up from next Thursday, according to "Brummie Simon":
:

... "arming up", eh? Sounds scary. Should we take special precautions??

[Serial_Apologist]

... "arming up", eh? Sounds scary. Should we take special precautions??

Double you for a Bob?

[Serial_Apologist]

Two hours ago the skies darkened, and a loud boom of thunder announced seven minutes' worth of torrential rain, bringing the temperature down from a mingy 14 C to a really mean 10 C, from which it has hardly yet recovered. Coat on, therefore, for the weekly groceries expedition. Oh boy, I do hope we get this expected change to a warmer weather regime by next weekend. Salad days/weeks/months ahead! Anyway, tomorrow looks likely to be the best day of the weekend for outdoor activities.

What's become of Anna??

[alycidon]

Yeah! It's not so good in the Highlands, either. Occasional bright periods interspersed with heavy rain - and cold too! We were in the Outer Hebrides last week and it wasn't too bad.

I seem to recall reading in April that the whole country was in line for three months of very hot conditions. Wishful thinking, eh?

[BBMmk2]

Two hours ago the skies darkened, and a loud boom of thunder announced seven minutes' worth of torrential rain, bringing the temperature down from a mingy 14 C to a really mean 10 C, from which it has hardly yet recovered. Coat on, therefore, for the weekly groceries expedition. Oh boy, I do hope we get this expected change to a warmer weather regime by next weekend. Salad days/weeks/months ahead! Anyway, tomorrow looks likely to be the best day of the weekend for outdoor activities.

What's become of Anna??

Yes has anyone heard, re Anna?

[vinteuil]

Yes has anyone heard, re Anna?

... well, there's this -

https://www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO

[Serial_Apologist]

... well, there's this -

https://www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO

Our Anna could deliver a (more sharply focussed) political song, I'm sure, but would be unlikely to show her nips in the process.

[Nick Armstrong]

Our Anna could deliver a (more sharply focussed) political song, I'm sure, but would be unlikely to show her nips in the process.

.... come back Anna and put a stop to this sort of thing !

[BBMmk2]

... well, there's this -

https://www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO

[mangerton]

Yeah! It's not so good in the Highlands, either. Occasional bright periods interspersed with heavy rain - and cold too! We were in the Outer Hebrides last week and it wasn't too bad.

I seem to recall reading in April that the whole country was in line for three months of very hot conditions. Wishful thinking, eh?

Quite. The weather's bad here too. For the end of May, it's deplorable. And my summer hols start in three weeks.