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Weather or Not
by Edmund Conti

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
That is, until now. Here are some suggestions:

IGNORE IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “Who cares?”

DENY IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “No, it’s not.”

PREVENT IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “Over my dead body!”

PHILOSOPHIZE ABOUT IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “I’ll take a raincheck.”

THREATEN IT.

        “Hey, look, I’m raining.”
        “One more drop out of you…”

REASON WITH IT.

        “Here I am, raining again.”
        “Rain, rain, go away.  Come again, some other day.”

FRUSTRATE IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “Roll out the tarparlin.”

BELITTLE IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “You call that rain!”

OUTWAIT IT.

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “Apres le deluge, moi!”

WRITE ABOUT IT:

        “Hey, it’s raining out!”
        “Hey, that gives me an idea…”