Raindrops on his ball

A small bit of self-aggrandisement to start of with-- my 200th post on this blog! The Schaf is so excellent, he has given us plenty of material in the past 12 months-- long may he continue to do so.

I'm also pleased for another reason, today marks the first day of autumn (for those in the northern hemisphere anyway) with the equinox being in the wee hours of this morning, UK time. I love this time of year: Cool nights, mild (but fresh) days, the absence of flies/wasps/nettles and the glorious colours of the season. Speaking of glorious colours, the pink tie made an outing today...



I note since the Middle Finger incident, the bromance between Tomasz and Simone has abated. Shame in a way, but we don't want Tomasz getting into trouble again!

Thanks to Terratec for the video upload.

Tomasz of Arabia

I'm pleased to say a tanned Tomasz has returned from his travels, shocked a little by the dipping temperatures of the last few days of summer here {i}. At least Simone didn't give him a hard time this morning...



Blustery was the watch-word of the day, with Tomasz tantalising flex his biceps to demonstrate gusty winds. Although his graphics let him down on News At One, unfortunately when he was about to talk about his favourite nation of the British Islands... perhaps it's a London-centric BBC conspiracy [wink]?

Back to the clip above, Tomasz cutely asks why we need him! Well duh... he's funny, gorgeous, entertaining, charismatic, educational and an all round great guy-- that's for starters. Sadly though, there are some people who vehemently disagree. To such an extent, this 'gentleman' has dedicated three Youtube videos, on why Tomasz should get sacked-- here's one of them-- so bad it's good...



Yes, you heard it right! He's made four or five gaffes-- ye gods! Out of all the hundreds of flawless weather forecasts he's done over the years, many of which are viewable on this site. Does he mess up anymore than his colleagues do? I don't think so: It's just that when The Schaf does mess up, he does it with style!

And that's the point: If Tomasz were a brain-surgeon, worked in a nuclear reactor or air-traffic-control-- I may understand the grave concern. What harm do Tomasz's occasional slip-ups do, he still gives us the weather forecast (even with the giggles). He gives us a laugh, as the overwhelming supportive comments on his blog/Facebook/Twitter show regarding the middle-finger incident-- despite his gaffes he won a TRIC award this year.

Perhaps that's the issue, that Tomasz's success breeds jealously and selective amnesia in the insecure, and they want everyone to be as dull and humourless as they are. Or maybe Mr Fericitchannel has just had a loss of perspective...

In the world we have humanitarian crises, dubious political regimes, social injustices, maltreatment of animals, environmental problems and so on. Yet our high-minded Youtube friend is getting exercised about a harmless and lovely weatherman who infrequently makes the occasional silly, but inconsequential, mistake (as we all do)-- who gives many people pleasure {ii}

Now this month marks the first anniversary blog. So as a nice 1st brithday present to Tomasz, perhaps my wonderful band of loyal band of Schaffanatics could leave some helpful comments on the offending video... it will also explain to Tomasz why we adore him and need him.

{i} In terms of meteorology, autumn starts on the September the 1st for statistical neatness. Astronomically it starts on September 23rd-- so know you know.
{ii} In so many ways!

Happiness with Tomasz

Sadly no Tomasz for the past couple of days: With all these autumnal showers, grey skies and blustery conditions, there's only man to cheer us up-- although Simon McCoy doesn't think so! This from the News Channel in August 2008...



Thanks to GMCAG

Tomasz saves the day

Tomasz swept in with a fun-packed News At One bulletin today. Firstly there was reportedly a mini-tornado {i} over SE England yesterday. It's been very turbulent this week, "as I said yesterday-- it's autumn full-throttle"; commented Tomasz with a smirk and side glance to the camera {ii}.

Still, Tomasz was "pleased" that Highland Scotland and the Western Isles were having nicer weather. I would really hope the miseri... er... good citizens of the latter would've forgiven him for Nowheresvillegate by now {iii}. After all the Ilse of Man is always snubbed by the BBC forecasters, you don't hear Tony Brown assembling a Tynwald lynch-mob/wicker man do you? The Manx have enough grace to leave The Schaf alone {v}

Tomasz made a commendable socio-historical remark about bonfire night: "I know some of you will have it at the weekend, but those of you who are more traditional, the weather tomorrow night...". Quite right, it ought to be just November 5th and maybe the nearest Saturday-- not half the bloody autumn {iv}! Some these fireworks they let off, are like SAM missiles [/rant]

At the end of the forecast, Tomasz was worried about reptitive nature of his forecasts this week. I wouldn't worry our Tomasz, we could listen to you go on for hours.

Double-bill here, 10:55 and 13:28... the former sees Tomasz "saving the day". Doesn't he always.



{i} No size-ist jokes please, or "staturist"-- or whatever the PC term is this week.
{ii} Could that be an olbique sign, that he reads this blog/drivel? If so, I am touched-- I won't say where.
{iii} Mountains, molehills ["Vic Reeves" voice]: They wouldn't let it lie!
{iv} I really shouldn't swear-- there may be sailors about.
{v} "Traa dy liooar", innit

Ivy league

A nice triple-bill of Tomasz today: His message was that autumn was at "full-throttle", and so was Tomasz's performance-- indeed I was at full-throttle watching him {i}.

At 11:58 he was doing an "autumn watch" piece about the flowering of ivy; even in the wilds of Moray and Aberdeenshire, ivy is flowering at present. No doubt this will be of interest to our Tomasz, since he maintains his own garden-- I wonder if he has ever had a creeper up his trellis?

For News At One, Kate Silverton clearly had amused him-- since he started his forecast with a brief chuckle. We got a nice view of his designer stubble; a couple of days' worth there I'd say, accentuates his lovely pink lips nicely {ii}. Tomasz was commendably enthusiastic about the weather, despite the heavy rain that was plaguing some parts of the country.

Then just before 1pm, the News Channel was left in the "weathery hands" of Tomasz; he did a bewitching groping motion with his hands, as if he was about to tickle somebody {iii}. Tomasz was at his hyper best today. A bonus forecast from 10:58 starts us off..







Thanks once again to Terratec365
["Bruce Forsthye" voice]: Didn't he do well? Ahvivivivuh.

{i} Less said about that, the better.
{ii} Move over Gok Wan ("girlfriend")
{iii} Now there's a thought.

Night star

Our Tomasz was on the News Channel overnight, whilst I was getting shut-eye (having sweet dreams that may or may not have involved a certain weatherman!). Thankfully a celestial Youtuber captured two of his overnight forecasts...



Looks as though tomorrow will be a gusty one; first real taste of autumn upon us, with a chilly wind blowing right through to your vitals!

Thanks to Terratec365

Summer sizzler

So autumn is upon us tomorrow (for all you trivia fans, the autumnal equinox is at 9:18pm!): I was hoping Tomasz would give us one last summer Country Tracks treat on Sunday; but alas it was a forecast within The Politics Show, courtesy of John Hammond.

So I delve into the archives once more, Tomasz at his aestival best-- the now legendary performance with the A&F shirt!



With thanks to Terratec365