Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Reference :- It's freezing cold here in Kooralya .

 Reference :-    But it isn't freezing cold everywhere , although Sky weather boy  Rowan Dean hasn't told us  about that . 

Dear " no holds barred " weather boy , 

 I tell you , we are freezing our plums off out here in Kooralya , Rowan .  We are crowded around  the fire in the lounge , hunched over with hands in pockets , breathing frost  at each other .  The lads abandoned their cots on the verandah sleepout  around sparrow's . Too much icy wind was blowing in through a couple of broken louvres. 

 Ken junior noticed a plucky hare had started munching on the special herbs he grows under the tank stand .  We opened the door so Dog could chase it away . Dog just stood at the door for a moment , looked  out at the fog with disgust , flattened his ears , and returned to his rug by the fire .  

 Last night our cousin Hassan Ben Herdof , who lives in Iran , phoned to see how we are coping , what with the weather being clementless and all .   Benny ( as we call him ) told us that they are roasting in the heat over there .  Even his turban is getting all sweated up.  Apparently 5 countries in the Middle East have just joined the exclusive 50 degrees celsius club for the first time . 

 It makes a chap wonder if maybe this global warming conspiracy has something to it , Rowan .    Currently about 500 million people on the northern side of the equator are sweltering in record heat  , the lucky buggers . 

Anyway Rowan , let me know how your peer reviewed source ( " Electroverse " isn't it ? )  accounts for 500 million folk currently gasping in record heat waves . 

I mentioned to Gabbo that maybe those marxist greenies could be right about global warming after all.

"  Do you reckon we are heading towards unprecedented global warming ? "   ,  I said . 

" I bloody well  hope so ! "   ,  Gabbo said . 

  It's not like Gabbo to use profanity , but he does get a bit techy when he is freezing his plums off . 

Your comrade , Ken .  

P.S.   Since you are a professional , perhaps you could help me with a question about grammar ? 

Which is more correct ? 

 " Do you think we are heading towards unprecedented global warming ? " 

Or

 " Do you think we are heading towards unprecedented global warming going , going forward ? " 

I like to stay abreast of changes in syntax ......   err ..... going forward .

 


 

 

 


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