The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific.
Source: Changing Places, Ch. 2.
-- David Lodge, (Jan 28 1935-____), British author, literary critic; He was a professor of English Literature at theßU. of Birminghamßand known for novels satirising academic life.