[Arouba Shankan]

Dance in it

Put on a suit, grab an umbrella and hit the wet pavements. For the title sequence of the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain, they had to cover a huge outdoor street set with tarpaulins to block out the beating sun. Then they used ranks of overhead sprayers to pour fake rain – mixed with milk so it would show up on film – on to Gene Kelly, six hours a day for a week, all during a severe California drought. You have all this laid on for you for free. Stop moaning and start splashing.