Emerging from an air-conditioned office on the hottest day of the year is like walking into a wall of heat. It was overcast but still somehow sweltering. I decided there and then that I would drive back, to save myself being cooked on the fifteen minute walk to the office.
Good idea... at least until I realised that I'd left my normal glasses at home and I'd have to sit at my desk in my sunglasses.
"Alright, Stevie Wonder?" said Louise when I sat down and logged in.
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Apparently, one of the top ten ways to cool down on a hot day is to have a curry. Sweat is the body's natural cooling system and a little of the hot stuff accelerates the process... apparently; I read an article this morning. Personally I can't think of anything worse on a day like this.
You can't believe everything you read though: the article also promoted a product, yes, an actual product called 'Liquid Ice'... liquid ice! Or water, as it's more commonly known.
I found the website and was disappointed to find no scientific explanation of 'liquid ice', though apparently it was used in the Beijing Olympics and you can get it in a spray bottle. That's a relief.
Next they'll be selling solid water in cubes.
I can't see a thing - the prescription is slightly different and everything is way too dark. I think I'm going to have to go home and find my normal spectacles. See, this is what I mean by the heat turning us into unthinking, lazy lumps who can't concentrate in the middle of a heatwave! I'm not sure I'm a massive fan of the heat - and I do mean that, from the bottom of my heart.
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