From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25492 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2022 21:27:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2022 21:27:11 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DF0C09D0CF; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:27:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B939D036; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:25:26 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com header.b="PTklvEea"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 897A39D036; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:25:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f174.google.com (mail-qk1-f174.google.com [209.85.222.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5A139D035 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:25:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f174.google.com with SMTP id o10so2942429qkg.0 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:25:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=gUl3tbarB5piYkkc1U4g+2czJUWdc8DtJAVi3OjLUp0=; b=PTklvEeaStpoZKQV+qERtsNaQUSLmdiQFI/QmeAdgEMOHmak592K8o/OX2w5YQyw3F yBu83rW+CY5u/P5Alii6pQDC2A5HBz2uOOqO+JWNgPVMR1I3DTneeyQRzO4aBpxFW802 5g/LSBXnOzytiBu089XioDiJX8qA5nlqHplteQpG8wQ6EhJ6voQsBSXUWXVD5MleV/cW pyEcDDKv+YKtz8fc6KYwP++2nZKOwRSjBjOM9Zmr1YMcc6YjoYMjdY/8AX1Pid2sXBOX C3/4hrGDYo73OoG1I+N3ty62UyFLqUIN1USqg4bOLEvLROwFRqPy55tsDBdAw/uKNL1M VPEQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=gUl3tbarB5piYkkc1U4g+2czJUWdc8DtJAVi3OjLUp0=; b=n4bYZrtWACsk5ncN+03bvlo5kPzl8bnYC4DRvFDuPT72IheQL9QdCh4Dk5RV+KbaNY xeMhqZXqu+lrs3Tx1C62XhV2DShNjfyYltaQsvzt3VgEI/mheFD8xK20ARpbG/ersn7X gVvoPw9zk+cnp02NbWt3tBzztf8h+3J+bMcE7UupwjeuYWO+a2ST9aW/F4FLntWCFDLz 5WVSdi0zZKmhzaRj11vMj8jS6pncvmy62JvE2hJNVNYL9Rsb7FdubjtiJUSTAOKCCRA2 GBf+AdzMyybW/0+BJcQiTz6ZFynCB4QB0KecaiL/6Hhv6JLnhcA7hVcVHyZBY0frMTzT ouDA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532FwmrtWFwLFcgMBAvzOjCDTGzFvr2qMFH2WhD/1zDNzQ1GDrXL +khFd5bgNPnkW9Lm1hzHk3aIX+fc6Uq0qRcdhYK0dw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy0YyzTKbxboV6TFp/ffx0NZW+oGvu78VXJBKS1NBmrO+6nXidG03jg5DAsUBAiMmnq5AKvThFrgSl4axr61xg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:1902:b0:5f1:8f5d:b0f2 with SMTP id bj2-20020a05620a190200b005f18f5db0f2mr2420963qkb.60.1645046723983; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:25:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220216140519.BB6182111F@orac.inputplus.co.uk> <0A48E54B-368D-44F2-853B-1106AA28032C@cfcl.com> In-Reply-To: From: John Cowan Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:25:13 -0500 Message-ID: To: Dave Horsfall Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009f51de05d8294907" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Shower of Dogs. X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000009f51de05d8294907 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 4:23 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Rich Morin wrote: > > > To understand this, you have to know the American idiom "raining cats > > and dogs". A "shower of dogs" is thus a heavy burst of large drops, > > which would of course be of concern to a pilot (:-). > > Also used in British/Australian English; the Americans probably picked it > up from the British. What is worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis; > > --0000000000009f51de05d8294907 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Feb 16, 2= 022 at 4:23 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@= horsfall.org> wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Rich Morin wrote:

> To understand this, you have to know the American idiom "raining = cats
> and dogs".=C2=A0 A "shower of dogs" is thus a heavy bur= st of large drops,
> which would of course be of concern to a pilot (:-).

Also used in British/Australian English; the Americans probably picked it <= br> up from the British.

W= hat is worse than raining cats and dogs?
Hailing taxis;
=C2=A0
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