AS good old George would have put it: ‘Turned out nice out again last week.’ And not so nice. Also terrible weather with some sunshine mixed in.
The old saying is that the British Isles, within which the Isle of Man is imprisoned for life pretty well right in the middle of them, do not have a climate. They have weather. Lots of it.
Last Wednesday we here in the Irish Sea experienced a rousing performance of the Four Seasons. There was snow, there was sleet, there were hailstones and the day finished with acres of blue sky and increasingly warm sunshine
We might also have had Gene Kelly (from the Isle of Man) singing ‘Wringing in the Rain’.
What next? When this appears in the Examiner we will be in the month of May so the question is worth asking especially in relation to rainfall.
The weather forecasts on Manx Radio from the meteorological office at Ronaldsway sometimes advise us nonchalantly of ‘organised rain.’
Does this mean it’s not just going to come and go and stop and start without any kind of advance planning? We must be on our guard. The Rain Gods are organising against us.
One more thing. How long is it since we have had an Ice Age.
WHEN you get a letter from Sky Television you know exactly what’s in it without opening it. They are going to hit you, hard, with yet another increase in their annual fee for no apparent good reason. Believe in Batter?
I wish they would just run a fish-and-chip shop.
THIS week’s crossword clue has come in from Manx expatriate Redvers Skillicorn in Bristol. It was in the fortnightly Rail magazine as follows: ‘Mythical creature lives in a cottage on the Manx Electric Railway (5).’
JUST inside the entrance to the Winerite store in Douglas there is a sign saying: ‘Now stocking sandwiches.’ Does that mean 16 denier?
It would seam to be the case.
Frank Bond tells us: ‘A friend of mine is a sailor who hides his money under his mattress. It’s called an offshore bunk account.’
When he has the sheets washed is that like money laundering?
Crossword: Fairy.
THE consumer group ‘Which’ has accused UK supermarkets of selling rolls of lavatory paper with 10 sheets fewer than before but at the same price or even a higher one in order to increase profits. I wonder how the group’s investigators were able to work this out.
They were sitting down on the job?
FUNNIES File: What used to be called Isle of Man Transport advertised a vacancy for a new ‘Head of Railways’ saying: ‘Strong management, leadership and negotiation skills are called for along with a demonstrable track record.’
They didn’t want somebody who might go off the rails?
WORLD headline: ‘New study of obesity looks for a larger test group.’