sunbathing on clapham common

Now, I surely can't be alone in thinking how peculiar it is, that at the first sign of summer, all the attractive girls appear in bikinis and spread themselves around clapham common. And all their boyfriends become obsessed with their six packs and try to tan their torsos.

But why do we do this. We know that in a week the rain will be back, our tans will fade, and we will all be miserable again. Why do we buy into the illusion that England has a good climate? And why oh why do we all sunbathe on the common? I don't know, but it's great, and it makes me proud to be british.