"We Need It"

I overheard the above-referenced statement no less than six times in an hour yesterday, in reference to an unexpected rainstorm rolling through the area.

I know, people. I completely agree that we need the precipitation. But, for the love of Neil Diamond, can we PLEASE just pretend that we have other things to talk about? Can we please just vary from our polite-Midwestern-script just a little bit?

As a side note: please put me down like Barbaro. The transormation is complete: I just referred to myself as a midwesterner. Not that there is anything wrong with that.