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1. about 10 hours ago on The Buckets

   The shoes took longer to dry, so they went first; then top down.

2. about 13 hours ago on Real Life Adventures

   Really? Might I suggest you hie your semi-literate self over to and look up “sarcasm”?

3. about 13 hours ago on Loose Parts

   Were it distilled spirits, yes. But beer’s water-to-alcohol ratio is such that it will, indeed, douse a fire.

   Yes, I’ve done it (but not to worry; it was BMC, not real beer……….)

4. about 13 hours ago on Randolph Itch, 2 a.m.

   “It’s not your hands searching slow in the dark/Not your nails leaving love’s watermark”

   Jason Isbell, “If We Were Vampires” (probably the most beautiful love song ever written).

5. about 13 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Even worse? An aquarium.

   The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is very proud of their Beluga Whales: Majestic creatures, probably smarter than humans, meant to range the ocean – stuck in a 75’X40’X25’ puddle.

6. about 13 hours ago on The Buckets

   When our oldest was in 1st or 2nd grade, he had a friend over to play; the place were renting at the time was 4 acres, 3 of it in cornfields – and it was either afterharvest or before planting – was it definitely post-rain storm.

   I stopped them at the back door, then grabbed some towels, some of our son’s clothes – and the hose; I stared spraying: “OK, take off your shoes. Now your shirts. Now….”

   They didn’t come in until they were clean, dry, and changed. Stuck the muddy clothes in the washer & Bob’s yer uncle.

   Kids and mud belong together!

7. about 14 hours ago on Bloom County

   I don’t think so; his disorder (as said by a number of mental health professionals) is narcissistic sociopathy. A different kind of detachment from reality.

8. about 14 hours ago on Frazz

   “I’m going push myself to the limit, suffering exhaustion and pain as well as lasting back & knee damage – because it’s fun!”

   Yep – they’re different, alright.

9. about 14 hours ago on Baby Blues

   The college where I started as a theater major had a theater with no fixed stage; unless you asked the previous production to leave theirs up, you started from scratch every show. I have a more than passing familiarity with those nails…… And already had when I got there, my Grampa being a carpenter; they are widely used for all manner of temporary supports, structures, etc.

   I (obviously) was speaking in generalities, not name-checking every specialty fastener; for example, I also didn’t mention brads, which is would pretty near impossible to replace with a screw.

10. 1 day ago on Real Life Adventures

    Your avatar answers any question your post may have raised about whether you are smart enough to detect sarcasm………