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Showing posts with label midges. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Midge Ure (Gone) to be Scottish Tourism Ambassador


Doctor Vee has been moaning about the BBC Weather Site being sad. My memory of the weather forecast was generally pretty depressing. Not sure why you would care much whether it was going to rain in the morning, midday or later in the day. I understand that the issue now is weather over 25 degrees centigrade. Those Scottish heatwaves. Poor babies.

It is encouraging to know however that the Midge Forecast is up and running. Very good news for all those crazy types who plan to go roamin in the gloamin in mid July. All the more so since Alex and the boys will have to report on their latest midge research.

The time to act is now. Forget coos, a total midge annihilation strategy will secure the Scottish tourism industry for the long term. Mr (Man) Ure will not have to work so hard to persuade those foreign visitors to come and come and get bitten by thousands of miniature assassins enjoy nature while admiring all those lovely views.

I hated those buggers on the enforced camping trips in summer that my parents made us go on in Western Scotland when I was a kid. We have too many flies in some parts of Australia, but nothing compared to midges.

Tonights Midge Forecast, brought to you by some commercial midge eradication company.

Extremely itchy with some light scratches. Long term outlook (wait for winter). Good.
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