Funny Weather.

[Fyodor]

I'll explain it to in private, Roger.

[The Peepmaster]

GARY T

[Joan]

That's because the storm is too far off. You'll only hear thunder if the storm is in the vicinity.

When I was a kid we used to count elephants after we saw lightning -"one elephant, two elephants, three elephants..." and however many elephants you counted before you heard thunder, that's how many miles distant the storm was.

Your Philippine storms were too many elephants away.

The locals call it "heat lightning", so I just assumed that the thunder wasn't there, but you're right - googled it and apparently if the thunder's over 10 elephants away, you can't hear it.  Learn something new every day.

[Mince]

Since elephants don't know the word "elephant", how do they determine how far away lightning is?

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

They count in hippopotomi, obviously. :

[Mince]

Yes, it's so obvious. I feel stupid now.

[Malc]

Obviously.
In hippo society it's a hippopotamust.  

[The Peepmaster]

Indeed, and rhi nos...?

[Malc]

I was shocked to find I had them,