fresh mutton..

the temperature in germany has dropped again and it was just hailing. For those of you blessed individuals who don't know what hail is, its like snow, only that it's much larger, like little balls that fall from above.

The main objection to hail is not so much the wet part - you get used to it after a while, and if its cold enough, it stays solid. The problem with hail is rather that it is solid, tends to hit with quite a sting, and if its big enough, can knock you silly.

The best defence against hail would be an umbrella. Now, this would have worked for me, except that I'm abit too macho (real men don't carry umbrellas) to carry one, and that the winds are blowing hard enough to wreck any umbrella that any one carries. Besides, if i had an umbrella, it would most likely be left somewhere, unfortunately forgotten (much to the glee of umbrella sellers everywhere)

Each year, as the climate changes from summer, to autumn, to winter and to spring, I'd be practicing my "seasonal wail". It goes somewhat like "OhWhyOhWhyOhWhyOhWhy did i abandon my sunny little island to settle down in a place which gets cold, foggy and uncomfortably wet?"

which brings me back to the topic of the post. with the temperatures as they are now, you could leave a chunk of fresh mutton out in the open and it would stay fresh. in fact, I'm starting to feel like a chunk of fresh mutton. talk about being a lamb of the flock!