I don't know about other parts of Japan, but the guys in my particular area
seem to be of two minds. On one mind, they know that it hasn't rained in
well over a month, despite this being the venerated Japanese "rainy season".
On the other, they are still wandering around acting as if this year is just
like last year. They are still roto-tilling their small plots in order to
absorb greater-and-greater amounts of non-existent rain. They've even taken
to hauling the boxes that they normally use to pick the fruit they usually
pick at this particular time.

Problem is, the fruit isn't even close to being ready to be picked. In fact,
judging from the fruit I've seen, it will never be ready. It's just too
late, and even if it started raining today (not a chance), the fruit would
just die on the trees shrivelled and fly-infested.

What gets me is that Japanese know this drought is a reality, but can't seem
to get it through their heads that this is a drought. They have their
schedules, and the whims of mother nature don't matter.

If I wasn't already well-acquainted with the ability of Japanese to overlook
reality, I'd be scratching my head about now. Problem is that I know these
morons like the back of my hand, and the back of my hand says that these
boys wouldn't know enough to get in out of the rain.

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you know I should of suspected he was gay.  his pecker tasted like shit.