It's about time we got a break from the April showers

Rougher than a Glasgow wedding could be one way to describe the unpredictable but nearly always unpleasant weather that is being bestowed on Dublin by that most powerful of weather Gods, Thor. In fact the unpleasantness of the weather is the only guarantee of what might be in store from the heavens.

Not knowing what may or may not fall on your head causes the denizens of Dublin great irritation. For instance while it may be raining when one looks out the window, the temperature may in fact be balmy, even in the middle of winter.

So if one was to where one's new super-duper, filled with duck down, and ever so water repellent jacket out during such a day then one could find one self being rained on from above while simultaneously sweating profusely under the said super weather proof but in the end still no dryer for the effort, jacket.

This is the most dastardly type of weather as it makes its victims practically wet themselves and so saving it the bother of doing what it is supposed to do in the first place.

Another one of Thor's tricks at winding up the Dubs is to provide them with spitting rain. Now, where else in the world does a nations weather actually spit on them?

Dubliners on seeing this outside their bedroom windows in the morning, think to themselves, "hah only a bit of spitting rain. I can beat this. Sure didn't I get lashed out of it the other day during the back end of Hurricane Concepta. Today will be a stroll in the park."

Big, big mistake. Thor, in his most evil wickedness, waits to see how many Dubs actually are prepared for just the spitting rain.

If too many are prepared for it then the said rain becomes a lot heavier, drowning cats, dogs, people and rats alike.

But, if everyone decides to make sure they are prepared for the big downpour, then by mid afternoon the sun comes out and hey presto, every one has wet themselves again. Brilliant really, isn't it?

The only suggestion that WH can make in regard to protecting yourselves from the great God Thor, is try sacrificing a few virgins and the like. It might not work but could, just maybe, provide hours and hours of endless family fun.