My AC unit, Paris-style

According to weatherchannel.com, it is 81 degrees fahrenheit in Paris and it "feels like 80 degrees". If the good people at weatherchannel. com were in the Saatchi Paris office right now, I think they'd agree that it feels like 100+ degrees. And when the sun really comes out, right at the post-lunch return-to-desk point, it feels unbearable.

I am not a big fan of air conditioning. But I am a big fan of puns. In fact I hate AC- it makes your throat scratchy and it chills you to the bone. But when summer time rolls on into a big city, it is a necessity. I have a high tolerance for pain and time I invested at the Russian/Turkish baths in NYC has proved to be time well spent in that it has prepared me for this summer in Paris. But still, it is so hot. Where is my cold water bath now?

Someone here told me that it will be hot for two days here, then it will rain for a day and cool everything off, so on and so forth, and in sum- the Paris office does not need AC. I see the logic but disagree. I'd rather be comfortable and productive for three whole days versus for just one.