Weather talk

I was talking to Philip last night and for the first 15 minutes of our conversation we were talking about the weather. Yes, the weather. Not “how are you?” Or “how are things?” Instead we were talking about the weather, which in both areas by the way are rain, rain and rain. Quite amusing! I guess it has to be Brits and Swedes to talk about the weather like it was a matter of life and death.