Frank and Ernest by Thaves for March 31, 2014
March 30, 2014
April 01, 2014
Transcript:
Ernest: A stove in the middle of the room? Who invented it? Frank: Ben, there, done that!
TREEINTHEWIND about 10 years ago
Necessity is the mother of invention………. they forgot to build in a fire place when they built the house…………
pschearer Premium Member about 10 years ago
Sorry to step on the cute joke, but the Franklin stove was basically a metal box with baffles inserted in a fireplace. In H.W. Brands’ excellent biography of Franklin “The First American”, the invention is consistently called the Franklin fireplace, the term “Franklin stove” occurring only once, in a quotation from a Boston newspaper which suggested that name to honor the inventor. But it is easy to understand how F&E could be confused since there is much misinformation about it on the Web.
TREEINTHEWIND about 10 years ago
Disclaimer——— All historical information should be regarded as hearsay untii reviewed and approved by NSA.(And maybe everything else too.)
Strod about 10 years ago
Now, really, just WHO cares!!! I care!
ChessPirate about 10 years ago
“Ben’s got this weird growth on his knee that looks like a little hill that he’s showing to everybody.”“The Ben Knee Hill Show?”
pschearer Premium Member about 10 years ago
lucmx: Sure, go right ahead. :)hollie2009ad: Just because you don’t care doesn’t mean nobody else should.Dukedoug: Mostly true, although his son was adult at the time, not the boy shown in the paintings.Strod: That makes two of us.
TREEINTHEWIND about 10 years ago
A stove in the middle of the room is called central heating…
Perkycat about 10 years ago
Funny comic! All great comments except for one. I care! I always appreciate how much I learn from reading comics and comments.
Jeff0811 about 10 years ago
I’m sure there are a lot of caring people out there. Maybe you will meet one some day.