1 | ->''"In the Bible, God made it rain for forty days and forty nights; and that was ''still'' the best summer we had!"'' |
2 | -->'''Rhod Gilbert''', Welsh Comedian |
3 | |
4 | ->''"My cousin invited us up to Scotland for the summer. I said 'Sorry, I think I'm busy that day'."'' |
5 | -->- One of many comedians |
6 | |
7 | ->''"I'm sick and tired of people coming up to me and saying, 'Oh, I went to Scotland once, but it was raining'. COURSE IT WAS FUCKIN' RAINING! What do ya think Scotland is, the fuckin' PYRENEES?! Take a raincoat, you stupid fucker! The mountain rescue are SICK OF IT! They're up Ben Nevis goin' and savin' people in fuckin' khaki shorts and sand-shoes! Where do you think you're going, BENIDORM?!"'' |
8 | -->- '''Billy Connolly''' |
9 | |
10 | ->''"And if [the oil runs out], that might be a problem. Because if you have ever been there, you will know that solar power is ''not an option'' for Scotland."'' |
11 | -->-- ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' |
12 | |
13 | ->'''Doctor:''' It's as if his bones have disintegrated.\ |
14 | '''Nardole:''' Ew. What could do that?\ |
15 | '''Doctor:''' A complete and total absence of any kind of sunlight.\ |
16 | '''Nardole:''' Huh. Death by Scotland. |
17 | -->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Eaters of Light" |
18 | |
19 | ->''"Well, you'll be glad to know that scientists have finally explained why we've been enduring this rather long spell of disappointing weather. Apparently...we live in Britain."'' |
20 | -->-- '''Hugh Dennis''' does "Things a weather forecaster would never say", ''Series/MockTheWeek'' |
21 | |
22 | ->'''{{ComicBook/Asterix}}:''' Do you often get fog like that?\ |
23 | '''Anticlimax:''' Goodness no, old chap! Only when it isn't raining.\ |
24 | \ |
25 | '''Anticlimax:''' We'd better wait for the fog to fall. Then we can slip past.\ |
26 | '''Asterix:''' But that might take ages!\ |
27 | '''Anticlimax:''' Oh no, old boy! the fog comes down jolly fast at this-\ |
28 | (Fog covers the scene)\ |
29 | '''Anticlimax:''' -time of year.\ |
30 | '''Asterix:''' These Britons are crazy! |
31 | -->-- ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'' |
32 | |
33 | ->''UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar came,\ |
34 | Saw, conquered, went away,\ |
35 | 'Cause it rained here all the time.\ |
36 | Too many sniffs and colds\ |
37 | Got up his Roman nose,\ |
38 | So he left it all behind\ |
39 | For Eric the gardener to find.'' |
40 | -->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXaO4ZmExLA Eric the Gardener,]]" '''Music/TheDivineComedy''' |
41 | |
42 | ->'''Matt:''' And who better to understand gloom than a man perpetually trapped in England?\ |
43 | ''(Cut to a miserable-looking Matt standing outside in the rain)''\ |
44 | '''Matt:''' I want to be happy but it's hard. |
45 | -->-- From ''Shut Up & Sit Down'''s [[https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/review-gloomhaven/ review]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Gloomhaven}}'' |
46 | |
47 | ->''Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun\ |
48 | If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain.'' |
49 | -->--'''Music/TheBeatles''', "I Am the Walrus" |
50 | |
51 | ->''[[TheThreeCertaintiesInLife There are three things in life that are certain]]: Death, taxes, and that it is raining in [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Tavistock]].'' |
52 | -->--Attributed to UsefulNotes/CharlesII |
53 | |
54 | ->''Is there no'' sun ''in this cursed country?!'' |
55 | -->--'''Azeem''', ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' |
56 |
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