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Saturday Night Live

If a child asks you where rain comes from, tell them it's God crying. If they ask why He's crying, tell them it's probably because of something they did.

— Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A deadpan piece of advice with a cruel twist: explain rain as divine weeping, then, when the child asks the reason, pin it on the child's own misdeeds. The humour lies in turning a gentle explanation into casual guilt-tripping.

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