To be sick of this heat? (Lighthearted!)

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I can't bear it anymore! I'm sick of being sweaty and sticky and grumpy! How do any of you in permanently hot countries cope?!

[QueenStromba]

Today I spent £45 on the last fan in town. I really had looked everywhere (Argos, Robert Dyas, Maplin, even Rymans who I wasn't expecting to have fans but thought it might be worth a go since they sell office stuff). Then as I was walking past the department store which is just a part of the town furniture for me I decided to go in and check. I saw a fan and tried to pounce on it but a woman with a baby had already bagsied it. I was about to fight her for it when the shop assistants pointed out that they had another one. While I was paying for it someone else came in looking for one. I am forever grateful that there was a queue in Argos - I was pretty sure they were out of stock due to their website but was going to check in store before giving up hope.

[aquashiv]

I don't hate it on holiday its lovely in fact fecking marvellous but when I live my life work run a a business live in Blighty where we are just not equipped for the sun it does feel rather stultifying and I am just exhausted. God we are never happy are we?

[Rummikub]

I left my freezer slightly ajar for 4 hours

All my lovely lollies and ice cream have melted or are mush

I have been forced to be creative and have eaten a 'slush puppy' made of 4 fabs.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

Oh no! That reminds me I did my shopping earlier and bloody forgot lollies. I bought more magnums though

[Rummikub]

Epic fail on both our parts

Had a full tub of ice cream too, all melted!

Note to self: fruit lollies on shopping list.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

Oh no! God I could murder a fruity lolly now. A fruit pastilles one maybe. Or a rocket lolly. WHY DID I BUY MAGNUMS?!

[Rummikub]

Hmmm, must add fruit pastille lollies to my list.

Can you make some fruit lollies? Not the same excatly but worth a go. I lie to make teeth rotting strong Ribena ones! Yum!

[GameSetAndMatch]

had my hair washed and blow dried this morn and within 5 mins was all frizzy again.

gaaaah. hate this blasted heat.

last summer was nice as weather was pleasant,cool and occasional rain to cool everything and water everything. and the Olympics!

THATS what British weathers supposed to be in summer.

and saw on newsround all the dirty people leaving all their rubbish on the beaches as beaches are packed in this weather.

[staffie99]

It's a rather British obsession with being seen to enjoy uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity when actually you can't sleep, can't stop sweating and for most hours of the day you need to put suncream on or stay in the shade.

In hot countries either it's less humid, people avoid the peak hours of sunshine or they are more generally acclimatised to the hot climate. Often all 3. There's nothing wrong with being more comfortable at 18c than 38c.

Low 20s is nice, around 22 is probably ideal.

[GameSetAndMatch]

cant believe government havent imposed a hosepipe ban yet!

[MrsOakenshield]

I have just spent the day in an unairconditioned office with one feeble fan wafting warm air towards me sporadically. I left at 6.30 feeling faint and nauseous. And cross, because I had a lot of things to do and if the office had been cooler I would have stayed late and got them done. Hurumph.