If You Like Piña Coladas, And Gettin’ Caught in …

Speaking of what you call it when it rains while the sun’s still shining, doesn’t it make your day to know that some folks refer to this phenomenon as pineapple rain? Made my day, anyway. Elsewhere in the U.S., people say the wolf is giving birth or the devil is beating his wife. To see where these expressions are used, check out the map from this uber-cool Dialect Survey. (And hey, my apologies if you now have that piña colada song stuck in your head. I find that the best way to get rid of an earworm like that is to stop what I’m doing, and just sing it at the top of my lungs. You might try it.)