ergative , 24 days ago

@JulietEMcKenna We noticed that! We were baffled as to why he neglected to bring an umbrella, and came up with the following options:

1. He is trying to evoke the movie trope of 'sad hero soaked by rain before winning back heroine's affections by virtue of being sad and rained on'

2. It wasn't raining when he started, but the heavens were so pissed off they decided to piss down on him.

Naturally, I favour the latter.

stephenwhq , 24 days ago

@ergative @JulietEMcKenna

His Press Office hate him
He would look awkward with an umbrella
They don't have a gazebo, like they didn't have a plan for a pandemic
The writer thought it would be funny and the editor nodded
Zeus was angry

CrypticMirror , 23 days ago

@ergative @JulietEMcKenna

You'd have thought that in the UK, aka the rainiest place on Earth, that there would be a back up broadcast option in case an outside broadcast was unsuitable. Nobody looked out the window or at the forecast and said "boss, it is pissing down out there; lets just do this one at the desk, eh man?".

No back up, no assessment, no changing plans no matter how sensible.

Archer: Hooray for metaphors