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By: Doug Speirs

Posted: 04/14/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0

A growing number of fictitious readers is writing in asking: "Dear Doug: Is it possible to have too much of a good thing vis-a-vis the weather?"

As fictitious questions go, that is an excellent one. My answer is this: Yes! You can have way too much of a good thing.

For example, remember the first time you moved out on your own and you could have whatever you wanted to eat whenever you wanted to eat it? Remember that? If you are anything like me, the end result was you ate a steady diet of nothing but cheeseburgers and pizza for several weeks straight until you got to a point where just the thought of eating another cheeseburger or pizza made you violently ill and, as hard as this is to admit, you started having strange longings for non-traditional foods, by which I mean broccoli and, in the most extreme cases, Brussels sprouts.

The point is, you can't appreciate the good stuff unless, every once in a while, you have some, well, not so good stuff mixed in. From that perspective, I have excellent weather news to share with you today.

After weeks and weeks of record-breaking weather, if I was going to describe this weekend's forecast in a single word, that word would probably be: Blah! According to Environment Canada, today will be cloudy with rain ending early in the morning and a high of 11 C, which is actually one teensy degree above the normal high of 10 C at this time of year.

On Sunday, the weather office says, we can expect more clouds and a below-normal high of just 5 C. The rest of the week will be mostly sunny, but we'll be looking at below-normal highs, such as 2 C on Monday.

The good news is, unlike food or the weather, when it comes to things to do over the weekend, it is impossible to have too much of a good thing.

And as good things go, it doesn't get much better than the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. You'll find ticket and scheduling information at winnipegcomedyfestival.com and, if you're really lucky, you'll be able to snag tickets for today and Sunday to The Debaters, hosted by the very funny Steve Patterson.

Speaking of bagpipes (work with me here), the St. Andrews Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band, including my very own son, is presenting its annual spring concert today and Sunday at the Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain. Tickets are $15 at 654-3369.

I also strongly urge you to take in the University Women's Club of Winnipeg spring luncheon and fundraiser today at St. Charles Country Club. The guest speaker is my good buddy Margo Goodhand, who also happens to be the editor of this paper. Tickets are $75 at uwc@mymts.net or call 954-7880.

Just remember, kids, we can't really appreciate the good times (or weather) unless we also get a little taste of the bad. Think how happy you're going to be when it gets really nice again.

Until then, quit your whining and pass the broccoli!

doug.speirs@freepress.mb.ca

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 14, 2012 A2

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