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WCDT: 27th June - 1st July (1956-1960)
iduguphergrave:
Suddenly I have a feeling that we also inadvertently got a glimpse of Faye's childhood in the 4th panel.
gangler:
Yeah, this happened to me a lot growing up. A whole lot of fires. After the first couple it wasn't even a big deal anymore. We all knew I could handle a fire so no one was really worried about it.
About six months ago my sister wakes me up from a nap panicking. Fire was blazing. She needed my help. "What do I do!" just a complete mess. I take a look at it, go through the cupboards and say "Well the fire's not spreading everywhere. We've got it contained so now we can just wait for it to burn itself out."
I think she was surprised by that but I was able to calm her down so that helped. I really should buy some freaking baking soda or something though. I really like that memory. Like my dad always says "The bigger they get, the cuter they ain't", and she's getting old enough that she's not really dependent on me for much anymore. Pretty sure we've only got so many moments like that left.
As a whole the kid in the kitchen brought back a whole slew of very fond memories for me. She's very cute, and the look on her face is priceless. Probably shouldn't try and hide this stuff though. Futile to try, especially if she's emptied that fire extinguisher. Nothing more suspicious than a suddenly depleted supply of flame retardant.
Tiogyr:
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 28 Jun 2011, 12:28 ---Suddenly I have a feeling that we also inadvertently got a glimpse of Faye's childhood in the 4th panel.
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If Jim commits suicide after seeing the fire damage you get the No-Prize!
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 28 Jun 2011, 09:39 ---Use it anyway! Fight the system, man! Rebel against their oppressive linguistic regime! Marks must be sacrificed for the liberation of language from the obsolete vestiges of overfastidious Victorian pseudo-pedants!
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I am amused that almost the exact same discussion is happening simultaneously on an English forum devoted to pipe organs! For example:
--- Quote ---I think you probably lose the argument once you bring split infinitives to the table. [...] the "rule" was invented by classicists: as it is impossible to split the one-word infinitive in Latin it should be made impossible by diktat in English. Any such "invented" rules are destined to fail. Those of us privileged to have been made aware of the rule can nod or shake our heads wisely as some no-nothing makes yet another transgression.
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Carl-E:
--- Quote from: gangler on 28 Jun 2011, 12:36 ---...Probably shouldn't try and hide this stuff though. Futile to try, especially if she's emptied that fire extinguisher. Nothing more suspicious than a suddenly depleted supply of flame retardant.
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If Jim lives in an apartment, that big ol' fire extinguisher may well have come from the hallway. She replaces it, and at the next inspection the owner's served with a violation. And Daddy never knows...
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