English legend, Admiral Robert FitzRoy was the man who founded the Met Office.
In 1860, he also invented the weather forecast and there hasn’t been an awkward silence in Britain since.
This great bloke made it possible to not only discuss the weather today, but also the weather tomorrow.
This was a revolution for the chatterboxes of our country.
The British love talking about the weather because it provides an opportunity for human interaction whilst avoiding discussions about more sensitive or private topics.
Why discuss anything meaningful or intimate with a member of your community when you can make small talk about the inaccuracies of the BBC weather forecast for the thousandth day in the row?
Who Cares Who Founded The Met Office?
The British do.
All of them.
For hundreds of years, the British insisted on keeping a ‘stiff upper lip’ in public.
This made most of them socially retarded.
99% of people on our island are completely incapable of starting a normal conversation, on a normal topic, like a normal human being.
Instead, everyone has secretly agreed to only exchange meaningless comments about the weather… rather than risk saying something impolite.
(The popularity of this autistic game of verbal tennis is why talking to strangers is forbidden).
Talking about the weather counts as a conversation in the UK and will happen multiple times a day.
With that in mind, here are some lines to help you through it:
“The British summer. It’s my favorite day of the year!” – This never gets old
“You can tell summer has arrived because the rain gets warmer.” – Another classic
“Sunburn’s only a problem for southerners.” – A basic fact
“It’s complete carnage on the roads.” – Say this after 1 inch of light snowfall
“It’s a nice day for it.” – Say this satirically as you begin playing cricket in the pissing rain
“Ahh, forgot my bloody brolly!” – Say this shamelessly every single day
“It’s raining cats and dogs.” – Don’t say this, it’s a meaningless, pedantic way of making a point… sort of like hiring a disabled weather girl