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Can't do much about the weather but quote others about it

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This we talk about the weather, but as usual, don't do anything about it ... except offer some favorite sayings for your amusement, starting with the classic, definitive bad opening line of all time:

It was a dark and stormy night.
– Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
– Carl Reiner

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
– Kin Hubbard

I am two with nature. – Woody Allen

It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.
– Chiffon Margarine commercial

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. – Roger Miller

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s Party!”
– Robin Williams

Winter is nature’s way of saying, “Up Yours!”
– Robert Byrne

The Weather is here, wish you were beautiful.
– Jimmy Buffet

Speaking of heavy weather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBaqh3dcVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfEo6E6nElE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMGPniLUJ7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaM2RIvFTs

Every week on “Record bin Roulette,” KPLU’s John Kessler and John Maynard put an insightful and fun spin on a century's worth of discarded vinyl. The feature is published here and airs on KPLU 88.5 every Thursday during Morning Edition, All Things Considered and on Weekend Saturday Edition.

John has worked as a professional bassist for 20 years, including a 15 year stint as Musical Director of the Mountain Stage radio program. John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he hosts “All Blues”, is producer of the BirdNote radio program, and co-hosts “Record Bin Roulette”. John is also the recording engineer for KNKX “In-Studio Performances”. Not surprisingly, John's main musical interests are jazz and blues, and he is still performing around Seattle.
John Maynard started working in radio in the seventies as a DJ at Seattle’s KJR AM which at the time was the dominant AM station in the Seattle market. After a brief stint as a restaurateur and night club owner, Maynard returned to radio with Robin Erickson, creating the hugely popular “Robin and Maynard Show.” In the more than 20 years under that marquee, Maynard flew with the Blue Angels, piloted the Goodyear Blimp, sang with Donny Osmond and hung out in a Universal Studios bar with Kojak (Telly Savalas).