The English Grit to Complain | What Causes Global Warming

Posted by Rolf Joho on December 11th, 2010 filed in Global Warming

The British are a downbeat nation, seeking negatives where there are only positives. Our stand-out favourite put-down is about the weather, which we bemoan for twelve months of the year. Whether it is too wet for us to mow the lawn, too hot to play cricket or too cold to leave our homes, the weather is a constant source of aggravation. I would forcefully argue the proverb: “variety is the spice of life”. Never can we accuss our climate of being boring, as it finds new ways to surprise, shock and amaze us. The dusting of snow we endured in January 2010 hilariously demonstrated our inability to cope with anything outside of the norm as roads and businesses ground to halt, only for local authorities to shamefully declare they had run out of grit. The widespread disruption costs various businesses billions, not least the automotive insurance industry with many drivers seeming blissfully unaware of the differing conditions until their car dramatically slewed towards an inanimate obstacle.

Caribbean holidays may be the cure for our depression. Give the pale British public a timely mid-winter reminder that the Sun still warms our planet, and will one day return to melt the ice from the roads. Even in the coldest of months, the Caribbean still enjoys temperatures in excess of 28 Centigrade coupled with minimal rainfall. Perhaps injecting a little colour into our skin would stop us cowering next to the radiator, embarking on yet another tirade of how the weather has ruined our best laid plans. Indeed, Barbados holidays may offer the best solution for the sulky Brit, with plenty of activities on offer by day and plethora of bars by night.

It is not just our climate that we bemoan, but the pride of our nation, the national football team. A proven underachiever, the team has suffered its share of near misses and misfortune. Rather than witness the ignominy of England missing out at yet another major tournament, I may decide to escape with Maldives holidays, away from the badly behaving players, media hype and mutinous fans. If only we were to stop heaping such pressure on the team, we might actually avoid disappointment when the England team buckled under the expectation in the opening stages.