Afraid of the rain

31-08-2015 02:43PM #1

It's raining where I am now. Kind of heavily, but not torrential or likely to cause floods or anything like that. Just rain. Irish rain.

What is it with people being afraid of the rain? As in, running a hundred metres grimacing like the rain is acidic and burning their flesh. What's the deal there? I don't understand it.

Fair enough if you just had your hair done or something. Then I could understand you running from the rain but otherwise what's the point? You scrunch up your shoulders and make a stupid face and get from point A to point B approximately four seconds faster than if you have not made a stupid face or scrunched up your shoulders and ran to your destination. And people always looks so surprised that it's raining. Like they've never seen rain before and it has just come out of nowhere.

Are you afraid of the rain? Are you surprised, in Ireland, when it rains? Do you run like a twonk when it rains? What exactly are you afraid of?

I find it all quite hilarious and entertaining.

jprboy · 31-08-2015 02:45PM

Come in or you'll get pneumonia.......

Menas · 31-08-2015 02:49PM

My hatred of the rain is deep rooted in my childhood.

I had a duffle coat. If you have had one of them for more than about 1 month then you dont want to get those bad boys wet.
They stink to high heaven and then you get teased. Then you end up like I am now.

cml387 · 31-08-2015 02:49PM

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks!

Didn't turn out too good for King Lear. Best bring an umbrella.

jester77 · 31-08-2015 02:50PM

It's 28 degrees here, enjoying a black forest cornetto and an Almdudler.

31-08-2015 02:51PM

jester77 wrote: »

a black forest cornetto

:eek:

I need this in my life.

cowboyBuilder · 31-08-2015 02:52PM

When you run in rain, don't you get just as wet as if you strolled ?

Cos you then run into more water - think they did a "study" on it a few years back ..

jester77 · 31-08-2015 02:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

:eek:

I need this in my life.

It's a bit too creamy and sweet for my liking.

sobeitamen · 31-08-2015 02:52PM

I tell the tourists that the green stuff on the fields isnt grass, it is MOULD from all the rain we get

andrew · 31-08-2015 02:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It's raining where I am now. Kind of heavily, but not torrential or likely to cause floods or anything like that. Just rain. Irish rain.

What is it with people being afraid of the rain? As in, running a hundred metres grimacing like the rain is acidic and burning their flesh. What's the deal there? I don't understand it.

Fair enough if you just had your hair done or something. Then I could understand you running from the rain but otherwise what's the point? You scrunch up your shoulders and make a stupid face and get from point A to point B approximately four seconds faster than if you have not made a stupid face or scrunched up your shoulders and ran to your destination. And people always looks so surprised that it's raining. Like they've never seen rain before and it has just come out of nowhere.

Are you afraid of the rain? Are you surprised, in Ireland, when it rains? Do you run like a twonk when it rains? What exactly are you afraid of?

I find it all quite hilarious and entertaining.

If the distance is short enough you end up significantly dryer if you run, which is nice because being wet is uncomfortable and cold. So it's not so much fear, as a desire to not be uncomfortable and cold. I really didn't think running out of the rain was a controversial thing to do.

Neyite · 31-08-2015 02:54PM

I know someone who moans every time it rains, every time its promised rain, when its threatening to rain, when it's just rained. You'd think we could get a break from all the moaning when we get a few days of sunshine. But no. Then "its too hot out".

One time years ago, myself and a few friends on a city break in Europe were heading back to our hotel when a summer thunderstorm happened out of nowhere. Crossing the town square it was apparent we were already soaked to the skin so just gave up and proceeded to kick water at each other from the flash floods, shrieking and killing ourselves laughing like loons.

I'm delighted I've a kid now and have an excuse to go puddling again!

ahnowbrowncow · 31-08-2015 02:55PM

I like the rain, when its not near freezing anyway.

Got soaked on a run a few days ago and it was very enjoyable after the first few minutes when I got used to it.

It is a pain though if you're not prepared for it though, horrible sitting at work in wet clothes

Peregrine · 31-08-2015 02:56PM

I'm not afraid of the rain, I just find it inconvenient and uncomfortable. Wet clothes, shoes, hair and my glasses get wet so I can't see (and they get fogged up later).

I do keep an umbrella with me most days though.

Akrasia · 31-08-2015 02:56PM

misty rain and I'll walk around in it all day without even a rain coat on Proper rain and I'll probably stand under a tree until the heavier stuff passes.

We went for a walk near mullaghmore in the burren 2 weeks ago when it started pouring rain when we were about half way up the hill. We just sheltered under a hawthorn tree for a few minutes and then carried on

It's a bit of a pain bending over to strap a child into a car seat when it's raining and all I'm wearing is a work shirt though.
Like being pelted with blobs of ice

mahoganygas · 31-08-2015 02:57PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

When you run in rain, don't you get just as wet as if you strolled ?

Cos you then run into more water - think they did a "study" on it a few years back ..

Didn't mythbusters do that one?

Can't remember the result though....

GLaDOS · 31-08-2015 02:58PM

Rain isn't nice, it's uncomfortable if you get caught without a rain jacket/umbrella, especially if you have to sit around in wet clothes for hours.

I don't trust anyone who says they like being out in the rain, bloody weirdos.

mahoganygas · 31-08-2015 03:00PM

Back in the day I would have agreed with OP.
I never got why people got so worked up about it.

Then I lost a load of weight. It was great, except cold weather really affects me now.
I hate getting wet cause it takes a good hour indoors to dry out and get warm again.

NachoBusiness · 31-08-2015 03:01PM

I always carry an umbrella in my laptop bag man purse.

Love walking in the rain especially in the summer.

Reminds me of that song Sunshine on a Rainy Day (what the hell ever happened to Zoe).

And this one of course..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxaKWAjD_g

31-08-2015 03:03PM

andrew wrote: »

If the distance is short enough you end up significantly dryer if you run, which is nice because being wet is uncomfortable and cold. So it's not so much fear, as a desire to not be uncomfortable and cold. I really didn't think running out of the rain was a controversial thing to do.

It's not even the running so much, like I said, it's more the faces people make, like they're getting burned by the drops falling from the sky. Shock and fear on their faces.

Entertaining moreso than controversial!

Neyite wrote: »

I know someone who moans every time it rains, every time its promised rain, when its threatening to rain, when it's just rained. You'd think we could get a break from all the moaning when we get a few days of sunshine. But no. Then "its too hot out".

One time years ago, myself and a few friends on a city break in Europe were heading back to our hotel when a summer thunderstorm happened out of nowhere. Crossing the town square it was apparent we were already soaked to the skin so just gave up and proceeded to kick water at each other from the flash floods, shrieking and killing ourselves laughing like loons.

I'm delighted I've a kid now and have an excuse to go puddling again!

I was in Florida a couple of summers ago, proper tropical rain falling from the sky when I was in Universal Studios, everyone ran for the nearest shelter. I, meanwhile, danced and splashed in the rain.

Now, that was proper rain, and I really was absolutely soaked to the bone, so the drive home was a bit chilly but sure it was grand. I wouldn't be doing that if I was heading into work in those clothes like.

Today's rain wasn't bad. I walked from the car to the shop - around 200 metres - and back again. I'm not wet. I'm not cold. I'm not going to die of pneumonia today at least

cowboyBuilder · 31-08-2015 03:11PM

mahoganygas wrote: »

Didn't mythbusters do that one?

Can't remember the result though....

Not sure, I'd like to know tho ... I'm sure there is an optimal speed

31-08-2015 03:13PM

What is this 'rain' you speak of?

cdeb · 31-08-2015 03:13PM

mahoganygas wrote: »

Didn't mythbusters do that one?

Can't remember the result though....

The Straight Dope covered it anyway.

It's nonsense. Obviously. The key factor is how wet you get is how long you're out in the rain. Which is entirely logical.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-08-2015 03:22PM

women with fancy hairstyles seem to be terrified of it

Neyite · 31-08-2015 03:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I was in Florida a couple of summers ago, proper tropical rain falling from the sky when I was in Universal Studios, everyone ran for the nearest shelter. I, meanwhile, danced and splashed in the rain.

Now, that was proper rain, and I really was absolutely soaked to the bone, so the drive home was a bit chilly but sure it was grand. I wouldn't be doing that if I was heading into work in those clothes like.

Proper forrin rain. Such a novelty to us :pac:. You'd think as an Irish person rain abroad would bore us at this stage. I remember being in Asia at the beginning of monsoon season and their monsoon rain was fierce exotic!

Menas · 31-08-2015 03:23PM

Gremlins were afraid of the rain.

MillField · 31-08-2015 03:24PM

I love rain so much I listen to Rainy Mood when it's dry..

retro:electro · 31-08-2015 03:25PM

Cos my hair goes frizzy and my mascara runs, duh

31-08-2015 03:32PM

anna080 wrote: »

Cos my hair goes frizzy and my mascara runs, duh

I suppose the hair going frizzy would be my biggest annoyance. If I was going out or something. I don't wear mascara, but could you not wear a waterproof one?

Ruu · 31-08-2015 03:34PM

Wet socks, even though I've run hundreds of miles in wet socks..still hate wet socks!

The Backwards Man · 31-08-2015 03:36PM

I can't stand the rain

Buford T. Justice XIX · 31-08-2015 03:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It's raining where I am now. Kind of heavily, but not torrential or likely to cause floods or anything like that. Just rain. Irish rain.

What is it with people being afraid of the rain? As in, running a hundred metres grimacing like the rain is acidic and burning their flesh. What's the deal there? I don't understand it.

Fair enough if you just had your hair done or something. Then I could understand you running from the rain but otherwise what's the point? You scrunch up your shoulders and make a stupid face and get from point A to point B approximately four seconds faster than if you have not made a stupid face or scrunched up your shoulders and ran to your destination. And people always looks so surprised that it's raining. Like they've never seen rain before and it has just come out of nowhere.

Are you afraid of the rain? Are you surprised, in Ireland, when it rains? Do you run like a twonk when it rains? What exactly are you afraid of?

I find it all quite hilarious and entertaining.

I quite enjoy rain, tbh.

My favourite irish quirk is people at the beach when it starts raining all run for cover into cars.

Even the people swimming:D

It's like they're afraid they're going to get wet or something:rolleyes:

Afraid of the rain

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