Lately I have noticed a new kind of political correctness creeping in regarding the weather. It seems to have become socially unacceptable to complain about rainy days. You must always speak of them with the utmost favor. And if you do happen to mention the rain with a less than enthusiastic tone, it is then necessary to add: ‘oh, but I guess we really need it.’ Not only that, but I have noticed on sunny days people who have remarked ‘what a lovely sunny day it is’ who then immediately feel guilty and quickly add ‘oh yeah, but we really could do with some rain.’
There is nothing wrong with this of course, but I just wonder how far this new brand of political correctness will go: ‘Well our wedding was completely ruined, but on the bright-side we do need the rain.’ ‘Yeah, the storms destroyed our home, our business and everything we hold dear, but just think, all that rain has got to be good for the farmers.’
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You're late. About six months ago, some has-been, Australian, soap-opera "actor" petitioned various radio stations to change their weather forecasts to describe days without rain as "dry" instead of "fine", as he believed that a day without rain was no longer a "fine" thing in this time of drought. Scout's honour; I heard one of his phone calls to 3AW.
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