Drought My Ass!

The whole time that I've been here they've been going on about it being the worst drought in 100 years and how there is no rain for the farmers and how they are going to have to start drinking recycled sewerage and how the Murray River is 50 meters lower than normal and how you must shower using dust and a stick and how the toilet is not for flushing but only there to provide your bathroom with some interesting fragrances, etc, etc, etc.

How come then I keep getting bloody soaked on my bike when I'm coming home from work??? I don't just mean a little wet, I mean completely ringing! Tonight the downpour was so bad that I didn't so much as cycle home as aquaplane home. At one point I tried to put on my brakes for a red light and the bike just happily slid it's way through the intersection without even leaving a skid. Luckily it was 1am and there wasn't much in the way of traffic.

Oh well, at least it's warm - even when it's raining!