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Thursday, October 6, 2005

The rain cloud is half full

Posted by on October 6 at 17:04 PM

I wish I had the link the actual story, but NPR reported this morning that over in England they’re worried about people getting depressed about the weather. So the powers that be have passed a law requiring weathermen to give optimistic weather reports. For example, if it’s probably going to rain, they’d say there’s a good chance the skies will be sunny. Or if it’s going to be overcast, they’d say there should be some sun breaking through the clouds. You know, it’s a sad day when even the weather is a subject that needs tidying up—let alone actual hard news.