“I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail”

“Hurts like hail” sounds like “hurts like hell.” “Frozen rain, when it hits you, hurts like hail” was published in a 1987 newspaper.
   
“I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail” was posted on the website Pun of the Day on June 29, 2017.
     
The saying has been printed on several images.
   
 
10 June 1987,  Springville (UT) Herald, “That’s Life: Fillers” by Roger Sturman, pg. 2, col. 2:
Frozen rain, when it hits you, hurts like hail.
       
4 February 2000, Atlanta (GA) Constitution, “The Vent Selective invective,” pg. D2:
Snow is wet, but frozen rain hurts like hail.
         
Twitter 
Kay D Seven‏
@K7_RSA
Heard a noise on my roof.. Went outside to check.. It looked like rain.. but it hurt like hail!
6:44 PM - 18 May 2010
 
Twitter
Jonathan Detmer‏
@jdetmer1
Little pellets of ice are falling. Sounds like rain but hurts like hail. #stl #stlwx #SnowArmageddon #IllinoisWeather http://twitpic.com/ce1k4k
10:12 AM - 24 Mar 2013 from Shiloh, IL
     
Pun of the Day (June 29, 2017)
I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail.
Category - The Human Body
Submitted by - reif - hawaii
 
Twitter
Just another Jokes‏
@factjokes
I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail. Comment On This Pun!
2:13 AM - 29 Jun 2017
 
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Sarah Stuart‏
@totallynotsss
I don’t know if I just got hit by frozen rain, but it hurts like hail.
11:00 PM - 3 Jul 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain
submitted July 13, 2017 by FourWordReplies
but it hurt like hail.
 
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Sara’s Restaurant‏
@saraserie
Pun of the day from Sara’s Restaurant in Erie, PUNsylvania: I don’t know if I got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail!
9:29 AM - 14 Jul 2017
 
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jolly dad jokes‏
@dadtellsjokes
I don’t know if I just got hit by freezing rain, but it hurt like hail.
5:15 PM - 8 Dec 2017