The heatwave has brought people out in a rash of funny – 16 hot takes

Depending on where you are in the UK and Ireland, the heatwave that has been blighting your life/bringing some much-needed heat to these miserable grey islands (delete as appropriate) may have chilled TF out by now. Literally.

You may even be trapped indoors by heavy rain, lightning, flying ants – though the last one is probably off-topic.

But, before the great cooling, this is what was going on.

1.

Really fucking chuffed I bought a new house with its superior thermal insulation because now I get to die of heatstroke knowing I had slightly cheaper energy bills for a bit first

— Max Morgan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@SpillerOfTea) July 19, 2021

2.

What kind of asshole god would coincide a soaring infection rate, a new variant that mimics the symptoms of hay fever, a pollen frenzy, a lack of tests and a heatwave that keeps your body temperature above 40c in the fucking shade

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 19, 2021

3.

The British summer is either 31°C or 17°C. Is a pleasant 23°C too much to ask?

— Rachel Hosie (@rachel_hosie) July 20, 2021

4.

I was in the park & I spotted this family of melted Goths.
DAMN YOU HEATWAVE!!!! pic.twitter.com/sv0Tpzbnaa

— joe heenan (@joeheenan) July 22, 2021

5.

Turn the pillow and stick a leg out. That’ll make it better… for a second.

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) July 17, 2021

6.

please check on all the Irish people you know, please re-suncream and re-water and re-ice lolly us, we cannot look after ourselves in this heat

— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) July 17, 2021

7.

If you cook and eat a Sunday Roast today in this weather then you need to seek medical attention immediately.

— Rob Beckett (@robbeckettcomic) July 18, 2021

8.

Jesus, it’s so hot in my garden even Prince Andrew would be sweating.

— JoMcD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Goddess of NL🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@jomcd70) July 20, 2021