Irgendwann auf der Fahrt über die Südinsel hat mir Eileen angesichts des Wetters folgendes Gedicht in die Hand gedrückt:

IT RAINED AND RAINED AND RAINED AND RAINED

THE AVARAGE FALL WAS WELL MAINTAINED
AND WHEN THE TRACKS WERE SIMPLY BOGS
IT SATRTED RAINING CATS AND DOGS.

AFTER A DROUGHT OF HALF AN HOUR
WE HAD A MOST REFRESHING SHOWER
AND THEN MOST CURIOUS THING OF ALL
A GENTLE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL.

NEXT DAY WAS ALSO FAIRLY DRY
SAVE FOR A DELUGE FROM THE SKY
WHICH WET THE PARTY OF THE SKIN
AND AFTER THAT THE RAIN SET IN.

(Bernie of Hokitika)