We really ought to be scientific about it. All we need to do is address what is wrong with the day and respond directly to that. Then we would be relieved of both the moany groanings of pop tunes about having to get up yet we would want to get up.
Whatever it is, whatever the condition, it gets worse as autumn comes. Mybe it is the cloud formations. Coming back down 416 and the 401 - as only the 401 should get the "the" - there were ribbons of cloud running north-west to south-east insterspering rain with blue sky every five miles. Disconcerting it was all that structure in the sky. They cared nothing for my cares.
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gr - September 25, 2006 8:41 am
It was the Bob Geldoff and the Boomtown Rats, wasn't it? 'tell me why I don't like Mondays......'
Alan - September 25, 2006 8:46 am
...and the Mommas and Papas and that Go-gos rip-off band...
gr - September 25, 2006 8:47 am
Why yes, and there is a good video too, (shameless self-promotion) at my blog http://grpottersblog.blogspot.com/
cm - September 25, 2006 8:52 am
What is wrong with the day is having the alarm go off and wondering if today will be the day I need to turn the lights on while getting ready.
Mike - September 25, 2006 10:54 am
An American friend of mine commented once on my use of "the" to preceed a highway or roadway and thought it a funny Canadianism. I take the 102 and then turn off at Truro and go on the 104. He would take I-95 and turn off onto I-93.
Another British linguistic legacy? You take the M5, right?
http://www.highways.gov.uk/default.aspx
Alan - September 25, 2006 11:11 am
We also use "beer" for the plural whereas they use "beers".
gr - September 25, 2006 11:51 am
Chicagoans, of course, are especially adept at saying 'beers' with a sharp short s, that somehow lingers on the tongue. Discussion of Mike Ditka and the Bears (same sharp short lingering s) usually follows.