Happy to have it raining on our parade

IF Sean Moncrieff were French, he would obviously be trading under the moniker of Jean Mon Grief.

If people are going to complain, as the Irish always do, they should know what they are actually talking about.

Firstly, there is no such thing as “bad weather”, only bad clothing for nonchalant prevailing weather conditions.

Ireland’s Island is bounded by two seas and an ocean, with naturally active weather, rather than a more static and extreme continental climate. April tree pollen and June grass pollen allergies are far less prevalent in Ireland, as a result.

He is also right that Betty Battenburg, Phil the Greek and Barry O’Bama “traipsing through the country” will not stop the rain.

Why would anyone want that awful meteo boredom — Sean forgets the greatest product of his “perceived” beleaguered island, the real holy trinity of Beamish, Murphys and Guinness, in that proper order.

Those renewable works of art, could only be the product of four seasons in one day.

They are not products of the sun-kissed. I have a bad back and the black stuff helps that, I think. I drink less than my doctor.

I am a pessimist in the sunny-positive sense, which is a well-informed optimist.

David Connolly

Togher

Cork