While we'll likely spend today putting off until tomorrow grey-cloud thoughts about climate change, water shortages and sunburn, we Brits know better than anyone that fair weather is just that – it doesn't last.
Self-sacrifice Continuing a similarly grey train of thought, Quora user Adam Taha surmised that love is disturbing because "it's not a choice".
But the self-styled cheeky chappie has livened things up in his relaunch; there are welcome signs of mischief in the diary and you have to warm to a man who introduces The Grey Cardigan, the thoughts of a downtable sub.
How does that soft lump of grey matter translate into thoughts and feelings?
As thoughts of grey skies and unseasonal storms vanished and the warm weather spread a sense of goodwill, along came the Met Office and the Health Protection Agency with warnings for the young and the elderly to take extra care.
I'm still looking out for the leopard, but as we emerge from the trees near the river, all feline thoughts are forgotten as an unmistakable, huge, grey shape moves into view ahead of us: an elephant.
As I watched the little fella leap from log to tree, the sunlight dancing across its tail, naturally my thoughts turned to its grey cousin and what he would taste like, deep-fried, seasoned, with a little mayonnaise.
Having conflicting thoughts within the same grey matter endears you to them, as good as equally, as you see the flaws in both their attitudes.
Nothing brings a smile to the face quicker than the thought of Fifty Shades of Grey: only the most truly frigid could read that book without laughing.
You know, on second thought, having our own Christian Grey's might not be the answer.
With that in mind no less now than when he was a child, de Grey has trimmed from his days and thoughts any activity he deems superfluous or distracting from the goals he sets for himself.
