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It’s not a matter of possession or non possession, it’s who CONTROLS the rules of possession that counts.
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If someone reaches for the last cookie, it behooves you to either lick it or sneeze on it. Just saying.
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And that, folks, is why you always put the strap around your neck (or wrist — for camera) when near a precipice or lake.
As a kid, one of the most beloved games was “swings.” And jumping off swings was one of the best parts. Sometimes we played for height, but most often we played for distance, probably because it was more easy to measure. Amazing that i have no recollection of anyone breaking bones.
As far as instructions from Vachel, I highly recommend getting the full set BEFOREhand.
I find that so much of humor is based on the “nature” of a character, and so telling a dog “fetch” is so repeatedly ripe for it. Dog’s can’t help it. You say “fetch” and bang, they’re off.
As the story goes, the scorpion said “No, frog, of course I won’t sting you if you carry me across the pond. If I did, then we would BOTH drown.” Upon stinging (of course), as they both sink, the frog asks why. “Because,” said the scorpion, “it is in my nature.”
Bethanne is the one who told me the “motorboat motorboat” song that goes with swimming, I never heard it growing up. But it was so cute that i had to write this strip.
Ted’s temper is shown a little bit here, although it later rather mellowed out.
I was particularly proud of Blake’s line in this one. Not only to show his earnest/clueless nature, but also because it gave us a visual to imagine — that of Dee sitting at the bottom of the lake not swimming at all.
In real life this would not be funny at all. Just so’s you know.
Right understanding (through explanation) that his idea won’t work, wrong in understanding that the same reasoning applies to similar ideas.
Pebbles are still a good idea.
A second wing flapping moment I’m proud of. :)
I wonder what it is about going down river, that there MUST BE A WATERFALL for any story to be exciting.
Dee is a lot more scared than she is in later strips. Perhaps parental separation anxiety was more acute back then. Hrm.
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