Is it Autumn or Not?

It's a debate that's raging around the office, I can tell you...

Well, when I say 'raging' I mean that some of the guys had a conversation about it the other day.

Opinion is divided on the matter:  Richard says it isn't and everyone else says it is.

The upshot of all this is that the team thinks Richard should really get a life and stop wearing his shorts.

There is, it has to be said, a bit of a story about Richard and his shorts.  Way back in the dim and distant past Dickie Boy said to himself, 'I know, it would be really good to wear shorts all the time (unless at work or going out) from the first of May to the thirtieth of September.'

And the tradition has stuck.  The problem is, according to Renee, that he looks like a boy scout and his legs are just too thin to be wearing flaired shorts at his age.  And to make matters worse, when he takes me for me walk at lunch time he changes back into his shorts and often forgets to put on his grown up trousers when he gets into the office.

That's why, sometimes when you come into the shop, he looks as though he's a bit jammed under the desk... it's because he's trying not to let our customers see that he's wearing shorts.

As an aside, the dreadful summer of 2012 was Richard's fault... yes, he wore his shorts tot he office in April and therefore caused a summer of disruption and bad weather!

Anyway, Autumn or not?

Well, officially of course, we have another month of summer.  But let's examine the facts:

1.  The leaves are turning already and there are many more leaves on the ground for me to roll in.
2.  Everyone who's having summer hols has had them... even Nicola G from the office is back on Monday and then that's it.
3.  It's quite cool for those of you without fur coats in the morning when you step out of the shower.
4.  Tax returns are coming into the office very quickly - a sure sign that you lot are thinking about getting everything sorted out for the new year.
5.  It's now much darker int he early evening and the nights are fair drawing in.

The thing is, it doesn't feel to me like it can be Autumn already... I mean it's only been five minutes since the clocks went forward.

I distinctly remember Richard saying to Renee that 2012 went by far too quickly and they really had to slow down 2013... and here we are virtually into winter.

So, Renee has two questions to ask you: Do you have any tips to slow down time?  And if you don't please an you get your tax return stuff to us 'cos if we're going to be busy anyway, we may as well be REALLY busy.

Actually, she has a third question: Can anyone suggest a way of persuading Richard not to be so dedicated to wearing his shorts throughout the summer?

And let's hope none of the team reads this blog - especially the bit about being REALLY busy!