On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:42:14 +0100, "ronaldbutton"
wrote:

I was wondering whether the dying back of my aunt Flos purple sprouting
broccolli and the recent tidal wave in Abu Dhabi were connected, the
explanation of other events from the weatherlawyer makes you think donnit

The thing that made me question the premise in the first place was the
example my "stics" prof used:
In this area we get the majority of our rain in months with long
names and an "r" in them, from Novermber to February.
We need the rain for the crops in months with short names and no "r"
in them from April to August.
Therefore, if we just swap the names of those months, we'll get our
rain when we need it