ICE!

Four kettles worth to be exact.

I went out this morning to defrost the car for Jilly. There was a proper thick layer covering the car. Obviously we don't have de-icer (nor do I fancy my chances of asking for it at the store) so the only thing for it was four trips worth of hot water.

We didn't notice that the car park was quieter than usual. But when Jill got to work she found out an email had been sent out stating places of work would not open until 10am due to the weather. Pah! This was nothin'!

On an absolutely different note ... I got to thinking about the phrase, "barking up the wrong tree". I know the meaning of the phrase and had always associated the barking with the dog. My thought process was ... barking, bark, tree, tree bark. I'm guessing this isn't a coincidence and part of the joke?

Anyway, that's as far as I got with that thought. More research is required on the topic away from the wonderful realm of Wikipedia.

"I'm going to take a hot bath I'm getting cold just thinking about all this ICE!" (Sanka)