Weather Report were a definitive jazz fusion group led by the masterly keyboards man Jo Zawinul.\u00a0 They gotta be more interesting and correct than Dili weather reports.<\/p>\n
Most mornings I listen to Radio OZ and I scream when I hear the Dili weather report.\u00a0 Now tell me what is the point of telling me it is going to be 28 degrees today and tomorrow 28 and maybe next month 30, rising up to a peak of around 34 early next year.\u00a0 Am I going to tuck in my down jacket, my fleecy underwear ?\u00a0 Maybe salube * in some silky boxers for the day.\u00a0 Perhaps dash out to “Top One” in Audian (Dili’s answer to any decent shop in Rodeo Drive) to update my wardrobe.<\/p>\n
What is relevant is “will it rain\/storm\/bucket ?”.\u00a0 I get daily emails with the weather report.\u00a0 For weeks, it has been telling the same old 28 degrees and every 2nd day, predicts rain and fails.\u00a0 May as well recite a verse from Shakespeare instead.<\/p>\n
My advice to the ABC (& others) is stop it before you need an arm extension to pick your nose.\u00a0 My suggestion follows :<\/p>\n
ABC (& others) version : “Dili will be 28 degrees and cloudy”<\/p>\n
My version : “Do I need to tell you that today will be 28 degrees ?\u00a0 Didn’t think so.\u00a0 Same as yesterday really … bit of wind.\u00a0 If you see those clouds building up over Dare, probably forget about it.\u00a0 Its just teasing.\u00a0 And that north-easterly wind, its when it stops that you have to worry.\u00a0 Stay cool.”<\/p>\n
* Yet another OZ linguistic mastication of the wonderful word, salubrious.\u00a0 To salube is to enjoy the high life, curl the mo, strut your mutt.\u00a0 That is, aim to achieve a higher state of salubriousness.\u00a0 In other words, pretend things are a whole lot better than they really are … for an hour or two.\u00a0 For some reason, only used after the 5th drink.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Weather Report were a definitive jazz fusion group led by the masterly keyboards man Jo Zawinul.\u00a0 They gotta be more interesting and correct than Dili weather reports. Most mornings I listen to Radio OZ and I scream when I hear … Continue reading