This weekend has been a bank holiday weekend in wonderful England, and a week ago where I live decided to hold a BBQ in our cul-de-sac, with everyone chipping in with food & drink.
Anyway the week passed with the build up continuing, and everyone, kids and all, looking forward to a nice relaxed afternoon in the sun, soaking up the rays whilst chomping on numerous unhealthy items of food!
So, the weekend arrived, a great day on Saturday, nice and warm, then onto Sunday, jumped up out of bed - well maybe a slight exaggeration there - has anyone ever jumped out of bed on a Sunday morning in the history of mankind? - anyway as I was saying before I rudely interrupted myself, got out of bed, drew back the curtains expecting to see the big ball of sun in the sky, but no, something quite different - black clouds, drizzle, wind, hmmm the BBQ was off.
But no, we all thought, we're Brits, and nothing is gonna stop us now (isn't that a song, Starship 'n all that?) and so we proceeded to get the BBQ out for lunch, lay the seats out complete with parasols, and all gold umbrellas came out of the boots of cars on the street, preparation, it's all about the preparation.
So, we all sat there, about 20 of us with the chef at the BBQ cooking away whilst getting soaked by the rain, which turned torrential whilst we were all sat under the brollies making sure those hot dogs & burgers went to the right home!
Then, with us all wet through (the umbrellas didn't cover everything!), we waved at the people on the nearby trains going past, who must have thought "what the hell...", and then to top it off the ice cream man came round the corner, the look on his face said it all as he saw us all sitting there having a BBQ in the rain!
Well, we had to then grab an ice cream didn't we, you know to mix in with the burgers, hot dogs, beer & wine that was being sunk, the perfect mix hey???
He must have driven off thinking "you stupid buggers!"
So, a great day was had by all, the morale of the tale, don't let the weather get you down!!!
Now keeping it clean, what's the most bizarre thing you've ever done in the wet weather?
LOL that actually sounds kind of fun. A BBQ in the rain. Good for you all for not letting a little, or in your case a lot, of water wreck your Sunday.
ReplyDeleteBizarre thing? My sisters and I would go tanning in the summer rain. What? I was 5. :)
That's awesome that you guys still had the BBQ!! Sounds like a blast!
ReplyDeleteI've never done anything bizarre in the rain...at least, I don't think it's bizarre. I like going for walks in the rain during the summer. Like, downpour rain, not that annoying drizzle rain. I've always wanted to dance in the rain...but I worry about scaring the neighbors!
Ummm...done some things in the rain, but not "clean" things. OK, I remember one now: I used to live in the west Texas desert - it would rain, the runoff channels and arroyos would fill up, I would stand on one of the pedestrian bridges over the arroyos and watch idiots try to drive their cars through three or four feet of running water. Ah, there's an illustration of mankind at his best.
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