Re: Sounds like the Sky is using Bowling Balls

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/8/2014 Feline Fine said:
My mom always told me when I was little that "the angels are bowling", and that "the lightning is when God gets a strike". 8)

Still think that way 45+ years later, LOL.

thats how we learned it also.....and i also still say it to young kids who get a bit scared!

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sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/9/2014 stilltamn8r said: My Nana said thunder was ""God moving the furniture in Heaven""

i like that also!

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"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/8/2014 Burnsite said:
The 'sky is using bowling balls' comes from 'Rip Van Winkle' (an early 19th century American short story by Washington Irving). So cool to hear someone else remember that metaphor, Ribbons.

I read 'Rip Van Winkle' in middle school and had thought it was forgotten.

thanks.....i had not heard that expression before!

not sure if i have ever actually read rip van winkle.

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"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein