In South Africa, we refer to Cape Town as the Mother City. Today, as I was driving home after running some errands at the Waterfront ((barely able to touch the burning steering wheel, barely able to breathe properly in the heat, a haze of hotness rising up off the roads, my make-up running off my face and into my bra)), I came up with a more appropriate name – the Smother City. We’re being smothered by the heat.
37 – see that? They’re lying anyway, you can always add on at least another five degrees! And I know that the poor folk out in the winelands are definitely at 42 or 43 minimum!
I was trying to think how best to convey to you what this weather does to my poor brain (delicate little Lancashire lass that I am, hahaha). I think this works: it is so hot that I could strip off all my clothes and zigzag naked through a water sprinkler on full speed belting out Singin’ in the Rain in front of Alan Rickman, George Clooney and Brad Pitt without caring what they thought, if it meant relief.
I dream of snow.
Nice piece of work 
Oh my Gosh Jill you make me laugh! Sorry you are smothering, on the other hand we are having a bit of a cold spell here. Try to keep cool! Hugs, Tamara
You wish for our current British weather, then: rain, more rain, and still yet more rain! It’s getting a little tiring now although we had a fantastic thunderstorm last weekend
Well we haven’t got snow here but it’s wet and miserable and almost cold enough for a UK January. I know what you mean about the heat though. If I had to chose: your weather or ours. Mmm……………………….
On a completely unrelated note, I ALSO have a crush on Alan Rickman!!!!!
Nothing to do with Alan Rickman is unrelated.
Ooookay, I think you’ve quite possibly made your case for being overheated with what you’d do just to cool down….lol! We’re plenty cool but I cant send any snow as I think it is only some sleet forecast here.
sleet! It’s fine, I’ll take sleet. We all will here right now :-)
I want to be smothered in heat! It’s soooo cold here. I live in the Eastern U.S. and temps are 30 F! cold cold
swop time :-)
Agreed!
I’m loving reading everyone’s posts about the weather at the moment, because we all seem to be having such ridiculously extreme weather in different ways. Can we all swap for a day? I’d love your heat! Or the snow they’ve got in North America. Instead we’ve got record-breaking rain rain rain rain rain, and consequent floods. Yuck.
Oh dear, floods are bad. But with the heat, we can get lots of fires. Just like parts of Australia recently. Why can’t it just be more MODERATE everywhere…..
Yup, know the feeling. Only with more humidity. And I’d like to add Daniel Craig, Matt Damon and Keanu Reeves….
hmmm of your three I’ll only allow the first one to have a place on my patio. :-)
How about we half the difference? I’ll have half of your 37 and you can have half of our rain…. Think everyone would be happy then.
Heehee!
Oh dear, have you got any air conditioning? We’re warming up here in NYC, nearly up to freezing.
LOL!! You cracked me up again :-)
Oh dear, I can relate to this…, never mind, in a couple of months we’ll be complaining of the cold, dreary grey skies…..
I solemnly swear never ever to complain about the cold again. Ever.