Why do people groan and moan when it rains because they have just hung out their washing? It's only a final rinse, for heaven's sake. When I mention this, I am told that, no, the rain is dirty. Really? I stuck my hand out of the office window for three minutes last week when it rained, and then made my point. My hand was cleaner than three minutes previously, and it certainly didn't smell.

If rain is dirty and smelly, as so many people believe, why are there so many cleaning and deodorising agents with names like "After the Rain" and "Rainfresh"?

People do repeat such nonsense to each other, and can't even remember where they got it from originally, much less question it.