summer's lease hath all too short a date
...wrote William Shakespeare, in Sonnet 18, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Whilst the line exists as part of a larger piece of exquisitely composed flattery, the quote rings true at face value too. Summer does not last long enough.
TWOL supposes we all look back on the summers of our childhood with rose-tinted glasses; imagining scenes of sunny days spent on beaches, ice creams, and all of the other cliches. In comparison to these scenes, reality seems disappointing. That is why the daily newspapers feel it necessary to print a story, around this time, each year, about how awful the weather has been during the last three months.
Needless to say, a selection of quotes were quite easy to find:
Scotland Evening Times: "Scotland’s gloomy summer has been the coolest in the UK for nearly 20 years."
The Independent: "This summer has been the UK's coolest since 1993."
The Times: "[This summer has been] ..So cold that Starbucks frappuccino is now sold with an extra caramel de-icer shot. So cold that crack dealers have switched to selling sachets of Lemsip."
Still, there's always next summer...
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WORD COUNT: 194
...wrote William Shakespeare, in Sonnet 18, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Whilst the line exists as part of a larger piece of exquisitely composed flattery, the quote rings true at face value too. Summer does not last long enough.
TWOL supposes we all look back on the summers of our childhood with rose-tinted glasses; imagining scenes of sunny days spent on beaches, ice creams, and all of the other cliches. In comparison to these scenes, reality seems disappointing. That is why the daily newspapers feel it necessary to print a story, around this time, each year, about how awful the weather has been during the last three months.
Needless to say, a selection of quotes were quite easy to find:
Scotland Evening Times: "Scotland’s gloomy summer has been the coolest in the UK for nearly 20 years."
The Independent: "This summer has been the UK's coolest since 1993."
The Times: "[This summer has been] ..So cold that Starbucks frappuccino is now sold with an extra caramel de-icer shot. So cold that crack dealers have switched to selling sachets of Lemsip."
Still, there's always next summer...
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WORD COUNT: 194
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