Village Shepherd

"It never rains," said the old lady, "but it pours." She wasn't referring to the weather. She was doing her best to be sympathetic and supportive, by responding to a long tale of woe. Her nephew had just lost his job, his wife had had a miscarriage and they'd just heard that the wife's father had died suddenly. It seemed that all their misfortunes were happening at once, hence the old lady's remark.