IRELAND HAS DONE a great job of reminding us of its natural weather state over the past week or so, and thousands of people miserably commuted to work this morning cursing the rain as it poured down their face.

We feel your pain. In fact, we’re pretty sure we all shared certain facial expressions this morning.

Here are nine faces you make in the rain.

The face you make when you wake up and realise it’s raining

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This is a touch disappointed and a fair bit frustrated, with one part ‘could I get away with calling in sick’?

May be accompanied by an eye-roll and a dramatic roll over.

The face you make as you step out your door

Irritation and sadness mixed with bravery and determination indicate your attitude here.  You’re not happy about this situation, but dammit, you’re going to go for it.

The face you make when you realise that your umbrella is entirely useless

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Delighted with yourself because you remembered to bring an umbrella?  Throw that delight down the gutter, because your umbrella is no good to you today.

The wind is blowing from what seems like every direction, and any person foolish enough to put their umbrellas up will soon learn that they haven’t a hope.

The face you make when it looks like it’s going to stop

This is not an accurate depiction of what it's like to walk in the rain.

Raised eyebrows plus naive optimism result in a face seasoned rain veterans will recognise as ‘beginner rain face’.

This rain isn’t going anywhere, buddy, and the sooner you accept that the better.

The face you make when you realise that the rain isn’t going anywhere

In fact, it’s getting worse. You look up, grimacing and cursing the sky, shaking your fist at it, if not in real life, in your mind.

This is not fair.

The face you make when you can’t see anything because your glasses are covered in droplets

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You can’t see a thing, so are forced to squint into the distance to ascertain whether or not that red light is for you or oncoming traffic.

Why has no one invented windscreen wipers for spectacles yet?

The face you make when you are forced to stop and physically wipe it

Perhaps you liberally applied moisturiser just before you left the house and it has dripped into your eyes and temporarily blinded you, or perhaps your face is dripping with so much condensation that a river of rain is flowing down your top.

This is a particularly low point for the rained upon person.  It is now that you will become very sad, and perhaps even consider crying (depending on your emotional state).

The face you make when you arrive at your destination and start complaining about the rain

Guess what, the Backstreet Boys? This is not the reality of a life lived in the rain.

‘No guys, I don’t think you understand, it is really really wet out there.’

The face you make when your colleague arrives and starts complaining about the rain

Half bored, half indignant.  Don’t they realise that you were out there too?  OVER IT.

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