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Posted on 10/05/2006 8:13:09 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Even Sam Clemens talked about our weather a great deal. A couple of my favorite quotes are, "If you don't like New England weather, wait a minute" and "One day (hour?) I saw 37 different times of weather."
The (hour?) is mine; suddenly I forgot the exact quote, having heard on the police scanner that some roads in my immediate area are flooded.
It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.
And his father began.
It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.
And his father began.
It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.
And his father began.
It was a dark and stormy night
And Antonio said to his father,
Father, Tell me a story.
And his father began...
LOL! When I first got to the state of North Dakota I was informed that if I didn't like the weather, wait a minute because it will change. They were mostly right, especially in winter.
That Mark Twain quote went far, indeed. I have heard it for other locations as well.
It's more satisfying discussing the weather than talking about the boring chores I planned for today.
When we begged for a story and she wasn't in the mood, Mom would tell us that one till we begged her to stop. LOL!
Guess, we will have to get Wayzata Johnn to tell us a story. ;)
WJ-It was a dark and stormy night......
I have never been able to find the origin of "Dark & stormy night".
I found a post by a Brit who related a similar story his parents used to tell him in the 50s and I've found several later authors who lay claim to it, the bastids.
For some unknown reason I think of Poe, I have no idea other than that, never research it. Too, I think of Snoopy.;)
I found this info....
http://tinyurl.com/ykohdl
Plu, look at this! Check out this passage:
It was a dark and stormy night, And we were all seated around the campfire,
When the leader got up and he said,
"Johnny, tell us a story!"
So Johnny got up and he said,
"It was a dark and stormy night,
And we were all seated around the campfire,
When the leader got up and he said,
"Johnny, tell us a story,
So Johnny got up and he said.
This is where it's from Continue The Story: It Was a Dark and Stormy night
Is that what happened to the thread? Who was it, you know?
Sure, it was Old Sarge, he did the largest share of writing.
I saw that part where sarge wrote a lot, but didn't mention it because it's irrelevant to my quest.
I think you'll find this interesting.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/ohara/painter.htm
:')
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