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contrariancontrarian Posts: 1,475
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The SKY Sports commentator at the Liverpool game just announced that today was the first day of Summer.:o

How can people be so thick?

Unbelievable
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  • lordOfTimelordOfTime Posts: 22,370
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    Officially it is. Meteorgically we still have a fair bit of Spring to go.
  • O-JO-J Posts: 18,850
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    Didnt it Snow around April last year?

    Hope it doesnt snow this year!
  • flowerpowaflowerpowa Posts: 24,386
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    contrarian wrote: »
    The SKY Sports commentator at the Liverpool game just announced that today was the first day of Summer.:o

    How can people be so thick?

    Unbelievable

    Mother Nature will soon sort those idiots out.;-)
  • jjwalesjjwales Posts: 48,572
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    lordOfTime wrote: »
    Officially it is. Meteorgically we still have a fair bit of Spring to go.

    Doesn't summer "officially" start in June?
  • ScratchplateScratchplate Posts: 798
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    lordOfTime wrote: »
    Officially it is. Meteorgically we still have a fair bit of Spring to go.

    Officially it is on 21st June, meteorologically on 1st june
  • venusinflaresvenusinflares Posts: 4,194
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    There were people moaning about snow on the ground on the first day of 'summer' last year. I explained that putting the clocks forward an hour does not mean that it is summer.
  • SpotSpot Posts: 25,126
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    I'm all for it if this means it ends in June.
  • contrariancontrarian Posts: 1,475
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    Summer in terms of weather starts 1 June for the MO and they should know.

    forget equinoxes that refer to cosmic matters as weather happens in the bottom 10 miles above our heads.

    If you are talking about weather then its 1 june. end of.
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,111
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    Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high..............woo hoo !
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 53,142
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    i hope we get lots of s..............................sun :D

    It was nice walking sister's dog without a jacket or a coat..nice to show my new curves off :p, and having the light breeze blow my hair
  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    Double Post — Sorry

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  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    contrarian wrote: »
    The SKY Sports commentator at the Liverpool game just announced that today was the first day of Summer.:o

    How can people be so thick?

    Unbelievable

    Probably confused and who can blame him

    British
    Summer
    Time begins,

    So it is now Summer Time

    says it on every diary and calendar. :D

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  • contrariancontrarian Posts: 1,475
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    Caxton wrote: »
    Probably confused and who can blame him

    British
    Summer
    Time begins,

    So it is now Summer Time

    says it on every diary and calendar. :D

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    lol

    as I have said before

    I have a spring mattress but its not weather related



    words can have dual meanings
  • CravenHavenCravenHaven Posts: 13,953
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    Never would have hapenned at the beeb. It's well known that only BBC sports presenters have double degrees in Astronomy and Pedantry.
  • Mick_SwaggerMick_Swagger Posts: 485
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    Earlier the clocks changed from GMT to GMT + 1 also known as BST (British Summer Time) so he is right. He never said it was the first day of Summer.
  • butterworthbutterworth Posts: 17,875
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    Some people claim that Summer begins on 21st June, which is also known as Midsummer's Day.

    No wonder there is some confusion. Caling the first day of British Summer Time the first day of Summer is hardly a hanging offence.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,181
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    contrarian wrote: »
    The SKY Sports commentator at the Liverpool game just announced that today was the first day of Summer.:o

    How can people be so thick?

    Unbelievable

    Its Official
    BST begins at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of March and ends at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of October;

    So who really is the `Thicko?`
  • jjwalesjjwales Posts: 48,572
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    ecckles wrote: »
    Its Official
    BST begins at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of March and ends at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of October;

    So who really is the `Thicko?`

    BST starts in the spring and ends in the autumn. It's called Summer Time for convenience, as summer is obviously not here just yet!
  • spkxspkx Posts: 14,870
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    jjwales wrote: »
    BST starts in the spring and ends in the autumn. It's called Summer Time for convenience, as summer is obviously not here just yet!

    But none of that changes the fact that statement 'Today is the first day of Summer Time' (or WTTE) is perfectly accurate.
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    british summer time refers to the time period march-october, not to the season.
  • eulenspiegeleulenspiegel Posts: 104
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    johnny_t wrote: »
    Some people claim that Summer begins on 21st June, which is also known as Midsummer's Day.

    At the risk of being pedantic, I think that Midsummer's Day is 24th June.
  • duckyluckyduckylucky Posts: 13,857
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    ecckles wrote: »
    Its Official
    BST begins at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of March and ends at 01:00 GMT on the last Sunday of October;

    So who really is the `Thicko?`

    Summer time and The Summer ( as in the season) are not the same thing at all
  • stargazer61stargazer61 Posts: 70,937
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    CravenHaven wrote: »
    Never would have hapenned at the beeb. It's well known that only BBC sports presenters have double degrees in Astronomy and Pedantry.

    Don't you mean astrology?;-)
  • d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,527
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    contrarian wrote: »
    The SKY Sports commentator at the Liverpool game just announced that today was the first day of Summer.:o

    How can people be so thick?

    Unbelievable

    We are now in the summer half (loosely) of the year.

    It's not hard to understand.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    jjwales wrote: »
    Doesn't summer "officially" start in June?

    No, thats mid summer
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