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Re:Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records by pdkl95 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:32AM (#27688298)
> I mean I watched people in Canada in the news this morning and thought, why are they still outside in the sun even?

"Mad Dogs And Englishmen" by Noël Coward (1932)

  In tropical climes there are certain times of day
  When all the citizens retire
  To take their clothes off and perspire
  It's one of those rules the greatest fools obey
  Because the sun is far too sultry
  And one must avoid its ultry-violet ray

  The natives grieve when the white men leave their huts
  Because they're obviously, definitely nuts!

  Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPnJM3zWfUo

https://genius.com/Noel-coward-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-lyric...

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Re:Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records by jamal-kumar on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:00PM (#27690837)
it's funny the note of colonialist superiority at the end of this poem when I live in the tropics and we regularly call burnt as fuck tourists 'cocido como un camaron' which means cooked like a shrimp. then they get to spend the next day moaning in bed while we take their hotel money and hit the beach with proper sun protection early in the morning when there's way fewer tourists getting skin cancer for no good reason other than operating at times they're used to. Haha!
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Re:Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records by mrleinad on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:56AM (#27688566)
This gave me a chuckle
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