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Put it away!

The sunny weather has triggered a terrifying creature to surface for the first time in a while – the unpleasantly underdressed human has risen. Be afraid. I truly cannot fault nature’s ability to amaze. Just when we’d all started thinking we would never again experience sun, warmth, blue skies, and all those other nearly-forgotten things, along come high temperatures and the unmistakable smell of several fields-worth of meat being inadequately cooked on a barbeque. Whilst there are many good things about this... shall we call it ‘Summer’..? one of it’s more unsavoury side-effects is causing otherwise rational people to forget they live in the middle of a town, not the middle of a beach, and suddenly shed clothing like it’s on fire. The subsequent exposure of acres of white skin, quite a bit of which seems to be attempting to spill over the top of the remaining items (which were already having a tough time stretching themselves out sufficiently to prevent embarrassment), is enoug...