Hughie's not sending it down at the moment here. We could do with even a wee drizzle, but preferably when this Hughie is in noddy land.Penny Tray wrote:I came across a google interpretation that "HUGHIE" is "A 20TH ENTURY AUSTRALIAN EUPHEMISM FOR GOD" as in "HUGHIE'S SENDING IT DOWN".
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Then there's that Native American stuff, Apache Rain.
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Hail Joe!
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Ha ha, well topped Hughie.
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I use that one PTPenny Tray wrote:A "SMIR" of rain.
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For the very lightest of rain: a Scotch mist.
At the other end of the scale: coming down in torrents.
Susan
At the other end of the scale: coming down in torrents.
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Raman Bhardwaj, STV's sports reporter, mentioned last night that it was "TIPPING" it down at Celtic Park.
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
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A new one (certainly for me) from the football commentary last night - "It's DINGING it down at Ibrox."
[DINGING - striking with force.]
[DINGING - striking with force.]
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Here in NL, we have an equivalent to the stair-rods.
They say its raining rain-pipes.
They find our cats and dogs very funny.
JD.
They say its raining rain-pipes.
They find our cats and dogs very funny.
JD.
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