"like none other"
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 19 13:23:08 UTC 2009
CNN reports that in Washington right now, "It's snowing like none other."
1,700+ RGs for "snowing...," 3,600 + for "raining..."
A gratuitous comparison, IMO, since, other than "it," there is no other
"it" for which "snowing" is an active possibility. Or "raining," for that
matter.
JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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