Thursday, January 12, 2006

Just A Little Rain

We’re coming up on a record here in Seattle. We’re nearing a 33 days of consecutive rain record, and to hear people and newscasters talk about it, you would think that this was one of the signs of the coming apocalypse.
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It’s not, for those of you not up on your Book of Revelations. Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe breaking up is though. Seriously, check it out, it’s near the back of the book…

And okay, when you first hear it, 33 days of consecutive rain sounds like a lot. But this does not mean it has not stopped raining for 792 hours, it just means that at some point during each day, it has rained.

Nearly the whole of Seattle have become whiny bitches. And I want to point out a few things to them:

1) It’s winter time. This is a time, typically, when weather gets a little cold, a little wet, a little miserable. It’s why we look forward to summer.

2) It’s Seattle! It fucking rains here! When I talk to people from across the country, they often ask if it’s raining here – they know the reputation this city has. And you fucking live here! If rain is a problem for you, I’m going to suggest not living here. I’m also going to suggest not living in the whole of England. Move to LA, it’s drier and they love complainers. Try the Sahara!

We don’t get killer hurricanes, or tornadoes or blizzards here. We get overcast skies and pissing rain. This is not a new development due to global warming or the bird flu or the fact that terrorists hate our freedom, it’s what has always happened up here.

Sorry, I’ve been needing to get that off my chest. Now seriously, let’s all pray for Hilary and Chad, they’re having a little too much rain in their lives right now…

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Are there any frogs falling out of the sky? Cause that's in "Magnolia" and then if there were people could complain about being in "Magnolia".
Right?

Anonymous said...

No, but some people do start singing "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin and think they're in the weird, Robert Plant, viking fantasy part of the Song Remains The Same movie. They complain about that...

I tell 'em it could be worse, you could be Jimmy Page, climbing a mountain only to meet the wizard and finding he's the older version of you!

These references are a little obscure, I apologize.

Unknown said...

You're so right about that Jimmy Page thing, though.

Unknown said...

ps...i forgot to tell you what a great shot you got of Jesus down below. 'Snice.

Anonymous said...

and can we please talk about angelina carrying brad's baby? i am so hurt. what about poor jen, i say? they can't acknowledge their relationship but they can announce their demon spawn? for shame, brangelina, for shame.