sanfran_girl t1_j8o1fyl wrote on February 15, 2023 at 6:49 PM

Reply to comment by YramAL in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Now I have that song stuck in my head. 😁

“Sometimes we writers take hours Finding exactly the right word It, it, it, it It was a dark and stormy morning Packed, flat, trite It was a dark and stormy evening It was a dark and stormy night Night, right!”