A weed has popped up after the overnight rain…
Just perfect for Tiny Tuesday and now it’s had its 15 minutes of fame I’m afraid I’m going to pull it up.
I went down to town for a few bits and pieces and got everything I wanted in the sunshine but just as I was just coming up to the iced latte shop it started to rain. Good timing! Luckily it was a shower but it was seriously heavy so I was happy to drink it in the shop rather than take it home. And it also gave me today’s saying; ‘it never rains but it pours’.
The phrase "it never rains but it pours" originated in the early 18th century, with its first recorded use appearing in 1726. It gained prominence through its use in a book by John Arbuthnot and an essay by Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, both titled "It Cannot Rain But It Pours". The saying refers to the tendency for misfortunes or problems to cluster together, rather than occurring in isolation.
While the phrase was already in use as a proverb, Morton Salt popularised the similar phrase "When it rains, it pours" as their advertising slogan in 1914, according to the Museum of Printing. This slogan was used to promote their free-flowing table salt, which was less prone to clumping in humid conditions.
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