Rant number 189
Everything tends to come to a surprise to this country. We can't deal with snow when it comes, we can't deal with the heat. One thing we think we know though, is the rain.
We get a lot of it after all. Within 365 days, we get around 364.5 days of rain. I like to think of the uk as some kind of rain reservation.
With that in mind, you would think that we could deal with the rain and it's respective consequences.
We bloody can't though.
Time and time again, the rivers burst, flooding one place or another, it really is rubbish. It costs the government, councils and individual people time and money. Flooding is shit.
Why does the rain have to get so bloody carried away? There's only a finite amount of water around, why is it in such a rush to all fall down so quickly!
It really does annoy me.
Rant over.
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Saturday, 7 July 2012
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Rant 117 26/4/12 Subject: People who can't deal with the rain
Rant number 117
Oh my god! Something incredible and unusual is happening. There is water dripping from the sky. Its never happened before - ever. (Yes, I know that dry irony and sarcasm are hard to convert in the form of written text. I can confirm however that I am being a sarky bastard.)
After the talk of droughts, its rained pretty much constantly. Genuinely at the moment I can barely remember the last time it was warm and I was wearing a T-shirt - not a bloody coat.
The thing is though, that I do wear a coat - or carry a brolly. I deal with the rain.
Some buggers can't though - and it astounds me.
We get rain very often in this country, its like 'our thing'. People still can't deal with it though, they panic as soon as the droplets begin to fall. I don't know how they can't just deal with it.
Particularly I am referring to those in their vehicles - like the fuckers who held me up at every turn when returning from band.
On a miserable and horrible night I want to get home, safe and sound and in a timely fashion. I go with the speed limits or just under if things are bad, but I don't want to crawl along. People do though - its annoying.
People doing 60 miles an hour in the 3rd lane of 4 for instance. People taking bends at around 15 miles an hour. People crawling everywhere. There is just no need. A sensible safe speed yes, a speed I could conceivably manage by trotting no.
Why can't people just drive normally. We should be able to both respect and cope with the rain by now surely!
Rant over.
Oh my god! Something incredible and unusual is happening. There is water dripping from the sky. Its never happened before - ever. (Yes, I know that dry irony and sarcasm are hard to convert in the form of written text. I can confirm however that I am being a sarky bastard.)
After the talk of droughts, its rained pretty much constantly. Genuinely at the moment I can barely remember the last time it was warm and I was wearing a T-shirt - not a bloody coat.
The thing is though, that I do wear a coat - or carry a brolly. I deal with the rain.
Some buggers can't though - and it astounds me.
We get rain very often in this country, its like 'our thing'. People still can't deal with it though, they panic as soon as the droplets begin to fall. I don't know how they can't just deal with it.
Particularly I am referring to those in their vehicles - like the fuckers who held me up at every turn when returning from band.
On a miserable and horrible night I want to get home, safe and sound and in a timely fashion. I go with the speed limits or just under if things are bad, but I don't want to crawl along. People do though - its annoying.
People doing 60 miles an hour in the 3rd lane of 4 for instance. People taking bends at around 15 miles an hour. People crawling everywhere. There is just no need. A sensible safe speed yes, a speed I could conceivably manage by trotting no.
Why can't people just drive normally. We should be able to both respect and cope with the rain by now surely!
Rant over.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Rant 94 - 3/4/12 Subject: Practically permenant panic!
Rant number 94
No smart arse, this rant is not about annoying alliteration(particularly when naming rants. I am sure I've done this more than once by now, maybe I should stop... naa, I'm not going to) This is a rant about the next set of panics which are putting up with.
Last week (see the rants of last week for more details, if you didn't read them but are reading now!) was all about petrol panic - a problem that is still continuing. The garage around the corner from me is actually completely empty - thats a whole piss load of fuel panic bought!
Also - to show that its not all over, the garage I filled up at had no diesel and a rather unnerving & spreading rainbow coloured fuel puddle - evidently where one of our jerry can toting idiot friends has spilt some of their pressure life blood.
This week then, its all about the weather - and the relative extremes. The sun has; after voiding his bowels, reading the paper and cooking his brekkie looked at the clock/calendar, realised its only 5 am - and buggered off back to bed.
As such, its been a little bit rainy - and some snow has come back. So there's a whole new reason to panic now!
I think some people genuinely get off it. Pop into a shop tomorrow and there won't be a bag of grit or a loaf of bread on the shelves - its not like its going to last for long!
Now, to cap it off - they are saying we are going to need a hosepipe ban due to a possible drought.
Rain/Snow/Drought - they all go together so well, don't they?
The media seem to be hard pressed to keep the idiots of our nation (an ever increasing number it frightens me to realise) in a state of mild hysteria. That way, they won't think about things that don't concern them - like being robbed blind by our fucking government.
Why oh why, can people not just think for themselves, rather than taking everything the news says as read.
I thought of a good analogy for this yesterday: tell an idiot he's on fire and he'll probably drown himself putting it out! Think about it, it fits.
I think that someone needs to start handing out slaps to the face on the NHS - seriously. In fact, that's a job I would definitely be qualified for and would be keen to take on!
No seriously, sign me up: I'll do it for minimum wage. I'll even provide my own rubber gloves!
Anyway...
Rant over.
No smart arse, this rant is not about annoying alliteration(particularly when naming rants. I am sure I've done this more than once by now, maybe I should stop... naa, I'm not going to) This is a rant about the next set of panics which are putting up with.
Last week (see the rants of last week for more details, if you didn't read them but are reading now!) was all about petrol panic - a problem that is still continuing. The garage around the corner from me is actually completely empty - thats a whole piss load of fuel panic bought!
Also - to show that its not all over, the garage I filled up at had no diesel and a rather unnerving & spreading rainbow coloured fuel puddle - evidently where one of our jerry can toting idiot friends has spilt some of their pressure life blood.
This week then, its all about the weather - and the relative extremes. The sun has; after voiding his bowels, reading the paper and cooking his brekkie looked at the clock/calendar, realised its only 5 am - and buggered off back to bed.
As such, its been a little bit rainy - and some snow has come back. So there's a whole new reason to panic now!
I think some people genuinely get off it. Pop into a shop tomorrow and there won't be a bag of grit or a loaf of bread on the shelves - its not like its going to last for long!
Now, to cap it off - they are saying we are going to need a hosepipe ban due to a possible drought.
Rain/Snow/Drought - they all go together so well, don't they?
The media seem to be hard pressed to keep the idiots of our nation (an ever increasing number it frightens me to realise) in a state of mild hysteria. That way, they won't think about things that don't concern them - like being robbed blind by our fucking government.
Why oh why, can people not just think for themselves, rather than taking everything the news says as read.
I thought of a good analogy for this yesterday: tell an idiot he's on fire and he'll probably drown himself putting it out! Think about it, it fits.
I think that someone needs to start handing out slaps to the face on the NHS - seriously. In fact, that's a job I would definitely be qualified for and would be keen to take on!
No seriously, sign me up: I'll do it for minimum wage. I'll even provide my own rubber gloves!
Anyway...
Rant over.
Friday, 27 January 2012
Rant 27 - 27/1/12 Subject: Weather chaos
Rant number 27
I know, I know.
I'm sorry
but
An Englishman is about to talk about the weather
At least its taken 27 rants to get here hey?
Actually, its not a rant about the weather - so nah... The rant is about the chaos that it causes.
The reason that people across the world say that us British talk about the weather so much, is because they don't have any to talk about. It's just jealousy really.
Because we have lots and lots of weather! Mostly rain I grant thee, but we do get some other stuff too.
Today was a day with a lot of weather. I left the house in the morning to clear sky's, arrived at work to heavy rain and drove home in heavy snow - which is where the chaos comes in.
Because - for a country where it consistently snows every winter (albeit very lightly) we just can't deal with it.
At non rush hour times, my journey home takes around 20 minutes. Double this in rush hour to 40 minutes (pain in the ass already.)
Today it took nearly an hour and a half, just because there was a small shower of snow on a well gritted, well lit road. That I could not see:
A: the reason for obstruction at any point
B: any snow after the first 5 minutes
is what annoyed me.
Even as I left the motorway, the queue extended off into the distance - to god knows where.
What I want to know is - as a country, why can't we just well, deal with it?
We know that every winter it will be cold, that there will be ice & snow, fog & rain, hail & wind.
But all of these things seem to come to a massive surprise to everyone.
Are some people just unable or unwilling to drive with any intelligence as soon as there is a little precipitation? All around the world, people get it worse than us - and they seem to carry on so much better than us!
In Russia for instance, it snows heavily for half a year and goes into minus temperatures. The country does not stop dead because a couple of snow flakes have fallen onto someone's bonnet or onto the train-tracks.
We need to realise that the weather isn't going anywhere, and come up with a way to deal with it!
Rant over.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry
but
An Englishman is about to talk about the weather
At least its taken 27 rants to get here hey?
Actually, its not a rant about the weather - so nah... The rant is about the chaos that it causes.
The reason that people across the world say that us British talk about the weather so much, is because they don't have any to talk about. It's just jealousy really.
Because we have lots and lots of weather! Mostly rain I grant thee, but we do get some other stuff too.
Today was a day with a lot of weather. I left the house in the morning to clear sky's, arrived at work to heavy rain and drove home in heavy snow - which is where the chaos comes in.
Because - for a country where it consistently snows every winter (albeit very lightly) we just can't deal with it.
At non rush hour times, my journey home takes around 20 minutes. Double this in rush hour to 40 minutes (pain in the ass already.)
Today it took nearly an hour and a half, just because there was a small shower of snow on a well gritted, well lit road. That I could not see:
A: the reason for obstruction at any point
B: any snow after the first 5 minutes
is what annoyed me.
Even as I left the motorway, the queue extended off into the distance - to god knows where.
What I want to know is - as a country, why can't we just well, deal with it?
We know that every winter it will be cold, that there will be ice & snow, fog & rain, hail & wind.
But all of these things seem to come to a massive surprise to everyone.
Are some people just unable or unwilling to drive with any intelligence as soon as there is a little precipitation? All around the world, people get it worse than us - and they seem to carry on so much better than us!
In Russia for instance, it snows heavily for half a year and goes into minus temperatures. The country does not stop dead because a couple of snow flakes have fallen onto someone's bonnet or onto the train-tracks.
We need to realise that the weather isn't going anywhere, and come up with a way to deal with it!
Rant over.
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