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There's a saying which once perfectly described Ireland's relationship with its weather patterns. I used it many times to illustrate to non Irish people just how haphazard and unpredictable that relationship was. It's very simple I would say, if you don't like the weather in Ireland just wait five minutes.

Well you can take that saying, stick it in your hat and bury your hat in the bog. How about, if you don't like the weather, wait 2 months!

The Chinese Olympics 2008 committee refuse to rely on any such tenuous relationship with the weather when it comes to guaranteeing the success of their Games. They have promised good weather for the duration of the Olympics by declaring they will simply blow the rain clouds away, with missiles, no less. They have already been practicing. Judging by the amount of rain we have experienced in the past two months in this part of the world, it's working.