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1. about 6 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

   Sounds like The Simpsons where Bart hurts himself attempting to jump over the car on his skateboard, then ends up in the emergency room.

   Marge: “Bart, are you OK? My poor baby!”

   Homer: Marge! Remember, we are supposed to be angry with him.

2. 2 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Must have been some time ago. There was a case in 1983 where some teenagers won a “Name that Tune” contest at the Ground Round and were awarded free pitchers of beer. They then drove their car to a mall parking lot in drunken giddiness, where the driver’s girlfriend fell out and was dragged 50 feet. She was rushed to the hospital, where she died immediately. Following that incident, many states made it illegal for bars and restaurants to hold contests where free drinks were a prize. Happy Hour also became an endangered species.

3. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   As Tom Hanks said to the dog in Turner & Hooch “Just so that you know at the end of Old Yeller….I did not cry!”

4. 7 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   The child was conceived in wedlock. Her name is April, not “the oops baby”.

5. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   A similar experience was from The Great Brain, written by a man who was born in the Utah Territory. He was a kid in 1896, when Utah was admitted to the Union, and told of being a kid in those days. It particularly centered around his know-it-all brother who was always trying to make a dollar. One of the brother’s ideas was to simulate the rafting experience in Huckleberry Finn. The narrator remembers a morning where it was raining in the mountains, but not a drop in town, which was often indication of a flood. Later when they went rafting, the river started turning muddy. There was also a swimming hole connected to the river. Whenever the water got muddy all the kids got out of the swimming hole as that was a warning a flood was coming. The narrator tried to get his brother to shore the raft, but he was not eager to do that as he was charging kids to ride it down the river.

6. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   You are right about that. Not even Mark Spitz would stand a chance in rapid water during a flood.

7. 13 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Ha ha! You have a sharp eye. John and Connie look like twins!

8. 14 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Michael is going to have learn sooner or later that we are judged by our appearance.

   Elizabeth lives in Elly’s house and eats food bought by Elly. If Elly demands Elizabeth tidy up her room, then she better hop to it. It is true that we have to live in the own nests we make. But it is perfectly acceptable to demand others straighten up and fly right if their nest happens to be part of your tree.

9. 20 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Not with my family. The parents of my parents had survived the Great Depression and World War II. Spending time with them akin to how they raised their own kids. I best remember learning lessons in gardening, furniture repair and sailing. That went on to an “inheritance” of sorts by me teaching the same lessons to the next generation.

10. 21 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    A far cry from the Michael who showed off Rhetta at the graduation dance.