Don't like weather

[Allen D. Maberry]

I've certainly heard it said a number of times about Seattle, although I don't think the weather there is *quite* that changeable.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu


On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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>    People keep saying a cliche like this (as I posted yesterday), but no one records it.  Tour guides have used this line the world over.  It's not just Chicago.
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> 1.
>       Provincetown Is Eroding, Like Cape Cod and the Haddock
>        One of a series by the author of "The Strawberry Statement."By James S. Kunen.       The Washington Post, Times Herald  (1959-1973).       Washington, D.C.: Jul 27, 1969.                   p. 36 (1 page)
>    Provincetown is trying not to think about it, girding itself instead for "the season."  "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes," they say, referring to how the winds from the Atlantic bring in clouds only to sweep them away to rain on people who have not seen the sun.
> (Sun? Sea?  I can't read the last word--ed.)
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> 2.
>       IN WASHINGTON
>        By KATHERINE SMITH..       The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Mar 4, 1934.                   p. SM2 (1 page)
>       _5. Typical._
> The out-of-towners visiting
>    Are often prone to criticize
> Our weather.  Will it rain or snow,
>    Or sleet or shine?  We realize
> Their indignation, and attempt
>    To pacify--we smile and coo,
> "Just wait five minutes for a change--
>    That's what the weather here will do."
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