What is the point of Asimov's short story "Rain Rain Go Away"? (Spoilers)

[QUOTE=Leaper]
You’re talking about a man who wrote stories like “Death of a Foy” (halfway down the page), and you’re trying to make sense of this one? :slight_smile:
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I love that story, for the record. Every time I watch something on TV or read something where someone goes a painfully long way for a joke, I always think, “They’ve got nothing on Asimov.” :smiley:

[QUOTE=Asimovian]
I love that story, for the record. Every time I watch something on TV or read something where someone goes a painfully long way for a joke, I always think, “They’ve got nothing on Asimov.” :smiley:
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“Dismember me to Harold’s choir”…

Damn, I still remember the whole punchline.