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*In Moose County in Lilian Jackson Braun's ''TheCatWho'' series, it is generally customary to spend a minute or two talking about the weather before moving on to more serious subjects. This is just considered simple politeness, even with two people who know each other quite well.
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-- '''GilbertAndSullivan''', ''ThePiratesOfPenzance''
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* In JasperFforde's ''[[ThursdayNext Lost In A Good Book]]'', the spectators at the trial in ''The Trial'' talk about the weather as well as about her case.
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* In a CastingCrowns song, the singer speaks of "talkin' bout the rain" instead of witnessing to his friend, which he knows he should be doing.
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The [[BritishWeather British]] are generally held to be a permanent RealLife example of this, and many foreign and native observers have tried to rationalise their apparent obsession with the weather. It may have something to do with their politeness (and it's sometimes said that if a Brit keeps changing subjects to the weather, you're disturbing him).
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* In ''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', whenever Quirell is questioned on the subject of his turban, he goes pink and starts talking about the weather. Hagrid also does this whenever touchy subjects are evoked, when he doesn't go mysteriously deaf.
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** In ''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', whenever Quirell is questioned on the subject of his turban, he goes pink and starts talking about the weather. Hagrid also does this whenever touchy subjects are evoked, when he doesn't go mysteriously deaf.
** In ''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', whenever Quirell is questioned on the subject of his turban, he goes pink and starts talking about the weather. Hagrid also does this whenever touchy subjects are evoked, when he doesn't go mysteriously deaf.
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* In ''[[{{Discworld}} Maskerade]]'' at a dinner at the Opera House the diners talk about the ''cold'' weather to try and counteract the effects of Nanny Ogg's aphrodisiac chocolate pudding.
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* Marianne's complaint in JaneAusten's ''SenseAndSensibility''
-->''I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful - had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.''
-->''I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful - had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.''
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''SenseAndSensibility'': Marianne complains about being expected to make small talk.
-->''I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful- -- had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.''
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* In ''{{The Pirates of Penzance}}'', the sisters feign this in order to LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone.
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-->'''Kate''': ''Let us compromise\\
(Our hearts are not of leather):\\
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-- '''GilbertAndSullivan''', ''ThePiratesOfPenzance''
-->Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.\\
-- '''MarkTwain''' (allegedly)
(Our hearts are not of leather):\\
Let us shut our eyes,\\
And [[TropeNamer talk about the weather]].''\\
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* Marianne's complaint in JaneAusten's ''SenseAndSensibility''
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* ''MyFairLady'': When Eliza went to Ascot, Professor Higgins instructed her to stick to the weather as one of her topics of discussion. The vocal exercises Higgins gives her just happen to be about the weather - which makes for some awkward moments with the Ascot crowd, but that's by far the least awkward part of the particular conversation.
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* In ''RuneFactory3'', the first time that you greet a character each day often brings about a comment about the weather, which varies depending on the person you're talking to and how the weather affects their day-to-day activities and work.
* In ''RuneFactory3'', the first time that you greet a character each day often brings about a comment about the weather, which varies depending on the person you're talking to and how the weather affects their day-to-day activities and work.
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The British are generally held to be a permanent RealLife example of this, and many foreign and native observers have tried to rationalise their apparent obsession with the weather. It may have something to do with their politeness (and it's sometimes said that if a Brit keeps changing subjects to the weather, you're disturbing him).
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The British [[BritishWeather British]] are generally held to be a permanent RealLife example of this, and many foreign and native observers have tried to rationalise their apparent obsession with the weather. It may have something to do with their politeness (and it's sometimes said that if a Brit keeps changing subjects to the weather, you're disturbing him).
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** In ''Order of the Phoenix'', Harry is dismayed to find himself talking about the weather while trying to flirt with Cho.
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* One of the men in ''TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' tries this and is promptly called on it.
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* In ''{{Carousel}}'', Julie and Carrie, friends as young women, are meeting again for some gossip. Carrie is in the middle of telling a racy story about something she saw while on a visit to Paris -- but then Julie's own daughter enters the room, causing Carrie to invoke this Trope mid-sentence:
-->CARRIE: And the chorus girl had her legs up on the chair and...[Julie's daughter enters]...and it rained all day.
* In ''{{Carousel}}'', Julie and Carrie, friends as young women, are meeting again for some gossip. Carrie is in the middle of telling a racy story about something she saw while on a visit to Paris -- but then Julie's own daughter enters the room, causing Carrie to invoke this Trope mid-sentence:
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* In ''{{Carousel}}'', Julie and Carrie, friends as young women, are meeting again for some gossip. Carrie is in the middle of telling a racy story about something she saw while on a visit to Paris -- but then Julie's own daughter enters the room, causing Carrie to invoke this Trope mid-sentence:
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* In ''{{Carousel}}'', Julie and Carrie, friends as young women, are meeting again for some gossip. Carrie is in the middle of telling a racy story about something she saw while on a visit to Paris -- but then Julie's own daughter enters the room, causing Carrie to invoke this Trope mid-sentence:
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* {{Erasure}}'s "Chains Of Love" bemoans the loss of this as people became more impersonal in general:
-->''Do you remember? There was a time''
-->''When people on the street were walking hand in hand in hand''
-->''We used to TalkAboutTheWeather, making plans together, days would last forever''
-->''Do you remember? There was a time''
-->''When people on the street were walking hand in hand in hand''
-->''We used to TalkAboutTheWeather, making plans together, days would last forever''
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The ultimate in inconsequential, neutral talk: the subject matter is the weather. Usually fictionally to evade a more serious topic or to depict characters as not knowing each other. May indicate a BanOnPolitics. Those who CannotSpitItOut often talk about the weather instead.
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* In ''[[Discworld Maskerade]]'' at a dinner at the Opera House the diners talk about the ''cold'' weather to try and counteract the effects of Nanny Ogg's aphrodisiac chocolate pudding.
-->'''Mr Salzella''': Wind - snow - icicles.
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* In ''[[Discworld Maskerade]]'' at a dinner at the Opera House the diners talk about the ''cold'' weather to try and counteract the effects of Nanny Ogg's aphrodisiac chocolate pudding.
-->'''Mr Salzella''': Wind - snow - icicles.
-->'''Mr Bucket''': Not [[FreudWasRight icicles]]!
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* This troper lives in the UK. EVERY conversation you have over here will either start with or descend into discussion of the weather.
** That happens in RealLife, too.
*** Somehow this troper always knew that the UK was a figment of her imagination. Nobody has that much rain without building an ark.
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* Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever Amen" has as part of the chorus: ''"As long as old men sit and talk about the weather/As long as old women sit and talk about old men."''
