"like none other"

[Wilson Gray]

sI'm ticking wit, "It's snowing its ass off. The consequence will be a
snowfall like none other."

-Wilson

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 12/19/2009 08:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>CNN reports that in Washington right now, "It's snowing like none other."
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> Like none other in the memory of The Oldest Inhabitant.  (Sen. Byrd?)
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> Joel
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>>1,700+ RGs for "snowing...," 3,600 + for "raining..."
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>>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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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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