A cotton storm cloud over a small mallet on a violet cushion with yellow thread sparks.

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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul · 1988

Douglas Adams

Thor was the God of Thunder and, frankly, acted like it.

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Our interpretation.

A dry joke: Thor was the god of thunder and, frankly, behaved like it. The humour is in the understatement, implying he was loud, stormy and hard to be around, just as his title suggests.

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