A few years ago I read an article where the guy said he'd come up with a brilliant new tourism idea. He figured that when people want to have an event like a wedding, where they want to ensure that it doesn't rain, they could clearly come and do this... in the catchment area! Because every time it rained, he'd turn on the news and they'd talk about all the rain that had fallen and say, "Of course, unfortunately this won't help the water crisis because none of the rain fell in the catchment area." He wondered why the catchment area had been built in what was obviously the only place it never rained...
(...did we even know what a catchment area was until a few years ago?)
(...did you know that Americans apparently have never heard of dual-flush toilets? Some celeb was out here on the radio asking what on earth they were for. He thought we'd find it really funny and unnecessary, I think - he was a little surprised when Hamish and Andy didn't treat it as a massive joke. I don't remember any in Britain either - I tihink it may be an Aussie invention.)
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From Laney
Date: 2008-12-17 09:07 am (UTC)He figured that when people want to have an event like a wedding, where they want to ensure that it doesn't rain, they could clearly come and do this... in the catchment area!
Because every time it rained, he'd turn on the news and they'd talk about all the rain that had fallen and say, "Of course, unfortunately this won't help the water crisis because none of the rain fell in the catchment area."
He wondered why the catchment area had been built in what was obviously the only place it never rained...
(...did we even know what a catchment area was until a few years ago?)
(...did you know that Americans apparently have never heard of dual-flush toilets? Some celeb was out here on the radio asking what on earth they were for. He thought we'd find it really funny and unnecessary, I think - he was a little surprised when Hamish and Andy didn't treat it as a massive joke.
I don't remember any in Britain either - I tihink it may be an Aussie invention.)