# Question about CCR's Rain. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287 "2003-05-01T02:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/21 "2003-05-01T22:25:01Z")
Getting back to the fun, when the Green River floods, you’ll see a man Walkin’ on the Water. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/22 "2003-05-01T22:57:45Z")
If I had my way, though, I’d shuffle off to Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/23 "2003-05-01T23:28:54Z")
… and, along the way, pick up a sweet hitchhiker ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/24 "2003-05-01T23:44:15Z")
At first you think it’s a long cool woman in a black dress, but it’s actually not. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/25 "2003-05-01T23:58:19Z")
It’s actually the old man down the road. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/26 "2003-05-02T02:44:01Z")
Having a little jambalaya on the bayou. ---
**Author:** ![Foolonthehill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Foolonthehill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foolonthehill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/27 "2003-05-02T06:12:32Z")
With Suzy Q ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/28 "2003-05-02T07:06:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JRootabega \* > \*\*At first you think it’s a long cool woman in a black dress, but it’s actually not. \*\* It’s also not CCR. That song was by The Hollies. But don’t feel bad . . . for years I also thought it was Creedence! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/29 "2003-05-02T07:10:35Z")
What the heck–they were both Travelin’ Bands. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/30 "2003-05-02T12:18:19Z")
But not Traveling Wilburys. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/31 "2003-05-02T13:44:03Z")
Does that mean we have reached the end of the road? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/32 "2003-05-02T15:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JRootabega \* > \*\*At first you think it’s a long cool woman in a black dress, but it’s actually not. \*\* Heh heh. It sure isn’t. Her name is Carrie-Anne and you found her waiting at the Bus Stop, but Just One Look and you Stop Stop Stop, because you realize that she ain’t heavy, she’s my _brother_! ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/33 "2003-05-02T17:40:54Z")
Carrie-Anne is a laser on the road that I must travel. Someday, this thread will end. ---
**Author:** ![Liakela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Liakela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liakela)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/34 "2003-05-02T18:31:34Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by panamajack \* \*\*Carrie-Anne is a laser on the road that I must travel. [QUOTE] … I wonder if she was the person who coined the phrase: _Excuse me, while I kiss this guy_ _insert air guitar neer neer neer neer NEER neer_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/35 "2003-05-02T19:13:29Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Liakela \* \*\* [QUOTE] \*Originally posted by panamajack \* \*\*Carrie-Anne is a laser on the road that I must travel. > [@](#): > > I wonder if she was the person who coined the phrase: > > _Excuse me, while I kiss this guy_ > > \*\* Pardon me, am I right in thinking that there’s a bathroom on the right? ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287/36 "2003-05-02T23:10:02Z")
Sounds like you got a sinister purpose… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ccrs-rain/172287.md?page=1)