Why do people say "It's raining cats and dogs"? Have cats or dogs ever fallen down from YOUR sky???

I think I read somewhere that the saying originated in about the 17th Century when small animals would climb into the thatched roof on a hut and in a heavy rain they would be washed out, Hence, "It's raining cats and dogs".

I either read it or imagined it on one of my groooovy trips. LOL

September 9, 2011

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  sonata Bwahahahaha!!! (Could you hear me roar?)

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Don't know about cats, but after heavy rains I have to step over poodles.

September 8, 2011

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Sky, no. Roof, yes.

September 8, 2011

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Never ever! That's why we, clever people in the Flemish part of the land of the Belgians don't say that! We say: "Het regent pijpestelen" (pijpesteel= stem of a pipe)... Oops, now that I think of it... I never saw.. never mind...

September 9, 2011

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  Dave Cobb It was a wet dreary night the unseen stars tinkleing above the dark clouds.

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  sonata "Once upon a midnight dreary" . . . .

  September 10, 2011

No....but, I have seen a "cow pissing on a flat rock"!

September 8, 2011

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According to "The Weather Girls", "It's Raining Men"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98

September 9, 2011

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  mc_alamo It was cute.

  September 9, 2011

I never saw any, but I did wonder where all the "Cats in the Bag" and the Pound of Dogs came from.

September 9, 2011

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Saying meows and barks would sound sillier.

September 8, 2011

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A cat has fallen from our trees, yes. Poor "Dumb Bob".

I have seen "hailing taxis".

September 8, 2011

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Yes, the rain makes my roof slick and those suckers slide right off.