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You can get a free pint of beer in London every time it rains

Thanks to Fuller's Brewery, the weather forecast in London is now cloudy with a chance of beer.  As Metro.co.uk reports, the local company is making the best of a wet winter by offering social media users free pints of its flagship brew, London Pride, every time it rains.  The offer extends through the end of February.

Here’s how to score free drinks:  Follow London Pride’s official Twitter feed, which, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., features a live feed of a camera pointed out a window.  If you spot rain, give London Pride a shout-out, and include the hashtag #WhenItRainsItPours.  The beer handle will tweet you a code, which you can redeem at any Fuller’s pub.

For the uninitiated, London Pride is a classic English ale, with a copper body and a foamy white head.  Some people categorize it as a bitter; others, as an English pale ale — but everyone agrees that it's a quintessential local brew.

Keeping with the promotion’s theme, Fuller’s Brewery has recruited legendary BBC weatherman Michael Fish to join their campaign.

"February can often be one of the dreariest months of the year, with the short days and wet weather, so a free pint of London Pride will certainly brighten up peoples’ days," Fish said in a statement.  "I am excited to be part of this campaign," he continued.  "I've seen some very rare atmospheric phenomena, but even in all my years as a weatherman, I’ve never seen it rain beer."
........ from http://mentalfloss.com/article/91979/lo ... e-it-rains

Clever promotion...

Probably only get one per storm.

Not a bad pint either.

Bicycle Bill wrote:... For the uninitiated, London Pride is a classic English ale, with a copper body and a foamy white head. Some people categorize it as a bitter; others, as an English pale ale — but everyone agrees that it's a quintessential local brew.

One of the things I truly missed when I gave up alcohol was the tasty pints of bitter I savored in the pubs I was always dragged into by my English relatives.

Once again, total ignorance of the proper wordage of an idiom.

It never rains but it pours

Meaning: When troubles come they come together.
Origin: A proverbial phrase. The origin is unknown but the phrase itself was known by the early 18th century; for example, this item from a work by John Arbuthnot, 1726: It cannot rain but it pours; or London strow'd with rarities.

I anticipate a sizable correspondence from the more ignorant members of this board, primarily located in Australia, California and everywhere else except my own neighborhood where my charitable humility is legendary.

I shall revisit this thread in about a month and pile on some more vituperation.

yrs
rudebugger

I thought that this thread was about CA.

never mind.......

You're an arse, Meade.

ETA;

MajGenl.Meade wrote:Once again, total ignorance of the proper wordage of an idiom.

It never rains but it pours

Yucks aside: "When it rains, it pours" = "It never rains but it pours". Hence the popularity of the song: "It never rains in California, But girls don't they warn ya,
It pours, man it pours"

This is why this is a California topic, along with the incredible amounts of rain that have been described in other threads!

MajGenl.Meade wrote:Once again, total ignorance of the proper wordage of an idiom.

It never rains but it pours

Meaning: When troubles come they come together.
Origin: A proverbial phrase. The origin is unknown but the phrase itself was known by the early 18th century; for example, this item from a work by John Arbuthnot, 1726: It cannot rain but it pours; or London strow'd with rarities.

yrs
rudebugger

(Note the date on the ad)   For At Least 100 Years — When It Rains, It Pours


So take it up with them.

-"BB"-

An excellent ad campaign that plays on an old adage, correctly presented by Meade.