September 30, 2004
Weather Forecasting
"Newcastle. Shower or two. 20", I reported to my son Alex.
He had asked me to look up the forecast on the Bureau of Meterology site. It's not that he's that vitally interested in the weather to be asking such questions just after 6am. His motive was to find out what the weather would be like for his big tennis match today, the final of the Under 12 division of the Newcastle Open.
"What time will the showers be?"
"Ooh, let me see... 11:43 and then at...", I began to reply in my best dead-pan voice. Only when my wife could be heard laughing in the background did the penny drop and my son's face broke out into a smile.
Kids can be so gullible can't they? But I guess adults are pretty good at that too, come to think of it.
Update: The showers stayed away sufficiently for the match to proceed and Alex managed to win in straight sets!
Posted to Personal by Keith Pitty