yeah sturm und drang is always best appreciated from indoors
from tomorrow it's back to the last fortnight's enervating Miserable Pissy Rain
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
I hated the most miserably intense bit because I was out walking in it.
― Cheggers Plays Populous (snoball), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
I got stuck in a spring rain at lunch, with blocks to go. My hair is well and truly fucked for the rest of the day, I think.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
misread the thread title
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
"Scissorable Missy Rain"?
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
how'd you guess?
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Princepurplerain.jpgI only want to see you dancingin the miserable pissy rain.Pissy rain,pissy rain...Pissy rain,pissy rain...
― Cheggers Plays Populous (snoball), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
no-one made the obvious (esp re Prince) joke about "pussy rain" i see
― a big fat fucking fat guy in a barrel what could be better? (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Pussy comes in waterfalls. We all know this.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
When we first moved in here - in fact the day Neil Young was on TV playing in Hyde Park - we had the most fucking awful downpour that caused the trough on top of the bay window to fill with water and pour into the living room. We spent the evening with towels and buckets trying to mop up the stuff before it got in the electrics. We've had it fixed since obv. but every time it's rained since I've been really terribly anxious. This week hasn't been great.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
We nearly went to that NY gig - after seeing Springsteen bring the place down the night before. If we had, we've come back to the worst mess I can imagine. I'm even still anxious about Neil Young's music.
Fucking April. Though. That was August. Fucking rain.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
i'm meant to go out now and the rain has stopped but i am looking beseechingly at my bed, pleading with it to FORCE me into it
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone else think they might go postal simply due to the sheer relentlessness of the weather?
Had to bin my London Olympics umbrella (£14 from M&S), which is coming apart from constant use in the last few weeks.
― Bob Six, Sunday, 29 April 2012 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
i'm philosophically resigned to the fact that the rain is overdue but i'm still stuck in the house going quietly spare
― seapunk run. run punk run! (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
I pretty much don't leave the house except to drive to work so I quite like the rain, anything that postpones having to mow the lawn is a good thing in my book.
― pandemic, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
urrrrgh
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
The main problem is that I've found that my mental health is so much better if I set myself the challenge of a longish London walk on a Sunday, e.g. Vauxhall to Hampstead Heath, via Soho, Fitzrovia, Regents Park and Swiss Cottage and back via Haverstock Hill.
But it's not pleasant in this weather and the last few weekends have been ridiculous: sheltering from hard and cold hail on Hampstead Heath, taking shelter with wet trousers from a sudden torrential downpour in a bookshop in Primrose Hill etc...
― Bob Six, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
hmm..I could have phrased that last bit better.
the last 24 hrs or so have been a nadir but it looks like next week will be alright (in the southeast anyway)
got really sick of the constant dampness in the air even in the interludes when it hasnt been raining
― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
otm. i've had visitors staying with me this weekend and wanted to take them out walking..it's really the only way i know to show off london. sucky weather.
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
omg constant rain since i woke up, sky doesn't look like it's going to clear up anytime either.
but yeah, forecast looks sweet for the week ahead.
― PSOD (Ste), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
Last night was about the most unpleasant weather I can remember ever experiencing.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
Miserable Pissy Rain was AMAZING EXCITING RAIN when I was down in Cornwall, because it's so clean and energising and beautiful and makes the WAVES! SMASH! in exciting ways.
But by the time it gets to London, it's just grim.
Apparently I missed a Force 9 Gale last night - gutted - but everyone said I was lucky to get out before trees started coming down and things.
― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not knocking rain..just the continuous miserable pissy kind. I've had some great walks just after storms, when it's still raining, but the sun's back out and everything is sparkling, almost psychedelically, and the greenery and trees feels more alive.
But this is a kind of cold, miserly depresso rain with dull skies.
― Bob Six, Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently the Cornish word for this weather is actually "mizzle"
But wait! I just saw a ray of sun!
― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no - is it another false dawn? ("I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand")
― Bob Six, Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
sunny here in hackney
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
when is it not
― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
raining non stop in Manchester for the last 4 days straight. i'm not a huge fan of the sun as such, but even i'm starting to feel like these dudeshttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/21241205_5253206c4e.jpg
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qg2QTQKpCAI/TJn_4kjiCjI/AAAAAAAACEc/R0BBB_qTOSo/s1600/rain04.jpg
― PSOD (Ste), Sunday, 29 April 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d8/unsecured/media/47628790001/47628790001_60668723001_5099922767950-01-001-still.jpg?pubId=47628790001
― They have fangs, They have teeth! (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Sunday, 29 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://i2.listal.com/image/1665959/600full-blade-runner-screenshot.jpg
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
(basically I love torrential rain in a big city, because I can pretend that I'm an extra in Blade Runner)
― ILX uh-huh-uh uh-huh uh-huh BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP (snoball), Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
I'll bet you walk around with your neon umbrella don't you
― PSOD (Ste), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
It's back (after various alarms and excursions in the UK media about an alleged drought).
― Bob Six, Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Just came back in from a walk outside during a brief let up in the rain.
― I saw three shi*s come sailing in... (snoball), Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
Basically it's going to rain continously throughout Christmas, and you're going to be stuck. inside. with. your. family. for. days. UUURGHRGHH.
― I saw three shi*s come sailing in... (snoball), Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
hoping it rains so much between now and tomorrow that the entire railway line between london and the sticks collapses and i am unable to get home at all
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Train passengers have been urged not to travel in parts of south-west England due to problems caused by heavy rain.
― I saw three shi*s come sailing in... (snoball), Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
not to travel further west than Taunton
BOLLOCKS not far enough
― lex pretend, Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Fucking slashing it down in Manchester, and has been all day. Made a trip to the recycling centre with a carload of old skirting boards and bags of hardened plaster/rubble a real treat, I can tell you.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I'm near Manchester (warrington) and been raining all day. I don't mind it too much, it's very warm right now though so might go for a walk in the drizzle.
― These are my every day balloons (Ste), Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
This must be the wettest year ever
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
Er, Bob, do you work for the Daily Mail? We were in a drought until it starting raining lots. Funny that.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
We were in a potential water collection and distribution problem.
Achieving a 'drought' in the water-logged British Isles is basically a plea for incompetency and long-term under-investment by the water infrastructure bodies.
― Bob Six, Saturday, 22 December 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus Christ will this ever end? I can't remember a time when it wasn't raining. Got to go further south west tomorrow...
― kinder, Saturday, 22 December 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
I think you answered my question Bob. But you are right it's not a "drought" by other countries definitions.
My solution? Just use less water. I can't believe how wasteful some people, and by extension I’m sure Industry, can be.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 23 December 2012 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
Put a brick in your toilet.
― I saw three shi*s come sailing in... (snoball), Sunday, 23 December 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
I do that every sunday morning
― These are my every day balloons (Ste), Sunday, 23 December 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
lmao holy shit
― subpost master (wins), Friday, 5 July 2024 21:07 (three months ago) link
Got soaked for an hour then the rain stopped for the bands so it wasn't that bad
― kinder, Saturday, 6 July 2024 09:36 (three months ago) link
It’s been relentless here
― subpost master (wins), Saturday, 6 July 2024 11:13 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/stXyqh1.jpeg
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 July 2024 12:51 (three months ago) link
not even Ireland
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 7 July 2024 14:18 (three months ago) link
the jetstream must have diverted all the northern weather to the south today, it has been a sunny afternoon here.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 7 July 2024 14:45 (three months ago) link
dear downstairs neighbour, how's your garden party going?
― koogs, Saturday, 24 August 2024 17:10 (two months ago) link
you have tempted the bank holiday weather gods and they are unhappy.
― koogs, Saturday, 24 August 2024 17:11 (two months ago) link
I knew it had to be someone's fault. I've got washing hanging up all over the house.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 24 August 2024 17:51 (two months ago) link
gah, raining. and that piece of plywood i was going to rescue out of the skip in the next road over is probably ruined.
― koogs, Sunday, 22 September 2024 00:23 (one month ago) link
We've got blocked drains on the roof and a lot of standing water on it some of which is dripping into our bathroom. Roofer tomorrow at least but more MPR tonight :(
― nashwan, Monday, 23 September 2024 16:46 (one month ago) link
been raining heavily since at least 5.30 am and weather forecast says 95% chance of it continuing until 5am tomorrow. Top marks for persistence.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 30 September 2024 18:33 (one month ago) link
abandoned shopping trip after choosing the wrong 15 minutes to be outside. complete change of clothes required.
― koogs, Saturday, 19 October 2024 09:49 (one week ago) link
just watched my 10-year-old play an hour of football in *this* - couldn't believe they didn't postpone the match, poor kids all shivering and slipping in the mud, guess it builds character or something.
― John Backflip (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 19 October 2024 11:42 (one week ago) link