Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Hypothetically speaking

Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that you've been whining (or "whingeing", as our British and Aussie friends might say) about having months of unseasonably cold and wet weather. And then, hypothetically, spring never actually came and instead one day it was all of a sudden summer. In that hypothetical situation, at what point is one allowed to begin whining with a straight face about being too hot and wondering whether it would cool off soon? Would it be a mitigating factor if your wife was--in theory, at least--nine months pregnant? Not that I have any specific situation in mind, of course...I just happened to be wondering. Hypothetically.