True story. I actually spent many a night with my second kid at the all-night Tim Hortons in Ancaster, trying to get her to sleep while watching A-Team reruns on my laptop.
Oh, and I still have my university hoodie, just like the one Colin is wearing. It’s in pretty good condition too. I only put it on when I’m cold and vulnerable.
NEW DECEMBER VOTING INCENTIVE: SEXY ELF SHOWDOWN?
Hey, thanks to your votes last week, Puck climbed back up to a respectable rank on TWC! If you haven’t seen the sexy elf thing yet, then CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR PUCK!!! VOTE IT UP, DAMNIT!
Oh, and if you didn’t hear the news…
My good friend Daniele Giardini, an Italian video game designer, just put the finishing touches on his indie game, GOSCURRY, and he actually put Puck in the game as one of the avatar choices for players! This makes Goscurry the first video game to ever feature Puck! It’s only six bucks, and it’s an insanely good game! It’s the hardest fair game ever made, in my opinion. HARDEST. FAIR GAME. EVER.
So to put it simply, guys, buy it. It’s a great game with endless play value and an insanely catchy soundtrack. And I’ll see YOU on the LEADERBOARDS. (Let me know if you beat my high scores. I challenge you to beat them!)
Timmy’s doughnuts? Is that anything like Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme or whatever other varieties of fried dough selling establishments that thrive in the U.S.?
Yes and no. The closest American approximation is Dunkin Donuts, in that Tim’s is primarily a chain based around its coffee, with donuts being a distant second attraction. Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution, though: the single biggest fast food chain in Canada, dwarfing even McDonald’s. In Hamilton (where the chain actually started) you’ll find one at nearly every major intersection. It’s a thing. Americans generally do not understand the appeal and we fail to be able to explain it to them.
Sorry Gecko, you’re not allowed to use Tim Hortons. They now have chains in the U.S. and fall under jurisdictional exclusion due to the nature of my question. But I suppose it’d be something like Poutine, eh?
Pardon my question (…I just woke up; it’s too early in the morning with a murdering headache to try and figure stuff out) but what’s special with Kale?
And is there a reason the second ‘kale’ is with a lower-case K?
My youngest niece one triggered my tinnitus with her cry once. Her cry hit the frequency where the ringing in my ear began. I didn’t think a human voice could do that.
It’s true. I had asthma when I was born, so the doctors forced my mother to just let me scream as long as I was able. Broke her heart for a while, but I’m a healthy adult now!
The newborn’s cry (and I just heard one belting it out at the doctor’s the other day) is a very distinct, shrill “AH-WANH-HEEK! AH-WANH_HEEK!” But it just looks to dang weird to put it in a comic. The constant stream of ‘A’s communicate the feel if not the exact sound.
Anyway, Colin earning some Papa points! It is a great trick riding a baby around in a car. After questioning it appears that I was colicky and my grandpa took me out in his death truck nightly just so I’d fall asleep. My guess bumpy roads are the next best thing to the womb rides they are used to.
Daphne is to young to ride the t$%#y train and Puck is cheating with milk filled knockers! Phoebe’s is still the original, pedigree sweater puppies!
The car works wonders at sometimes getting them to sleep. The catch is transporting them successfully OUT of the car once they’re asleep. With my daughter, I sometimes didn’t even hazard trying to bring her into the house. I’d park the car in the driveway and just tilt the seat back and try to sleep while I had the chance.
And I don’t think ‘sexy elf’ is necessarily to bust size. It’s more a certain Santa’s workshop je ne sais quoi.
Hey, thanks to your votes last week, Puck climbed back up to a respectable rank on TWC! If you haven’t seen the sexy elf thing yet, then CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR PUCK!!! VOTE IT UP, DAMNIT!
Oh, and if you didn’t hear the news…
My good friend Daniele Giardini, an Italian video game designer, just put the finishing touches on his indie game, GOSCURRY, and he actually put Puck in the game as one of the avatar choices for players! This makes Goscurry the first video game to ever feature Puck! It’s only six bucks, and it’s an insanely good game! It’s the hardest fair game ever made, in my opinion. HARDEST. FAIR GAME. EVER.
So to put it simply, guys, buy it. It’s a great game with endless play value and an insanely catchy soundtrack. And I’ll see YOU on the LEADERBOARDS. (Let me know if you beat my high scores. I challenge you to beat them!)
Timmy’s doughnuts? Is that anything like Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme or whatever other varieties of fried dough selling establishments that thrive in the U.S.?
Yes and no. The closest American approximation is Dunkin Donuts, in that Tim’s is primarily a chain based around its coffee, with donuts being a distant second attraction. Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution, though: the single biggest fast food chain in Canada, dwarfing even McDonald’s. In Hamilton (where the chain actually started) you’ll find one at nearly every major intersection. It’s a thing. Americans generally do not understand the appeal and we fail to be able to explain it to them.
Sorry Gecko, you’re not allowed to use Tim Hortons. They now have chains in the U.S. and fall under jurisdictional exclusion due to the nature of my question. But I suppose it’d be something like Poutine, eh?
Tim Hortons up here is different. And they’re not really in the U.S. right now. They just pretend.
If they’re like the Tim Horton’s near me in Michigan. They’re like fast food Cafés.
if they soundproofed one of the rooms in the house they could take turns sleeping
If they had a room to spare. Which they don’t. And baby screams can never, ever be contained with soundproofing.
And this is why Tupperware is working on both a storm cellar/baby room.
Pardon my question (…I just woke up; it’s too early in the morning with a murdering headache to try and figure stuff out) but what’s special with Kale?
And is there a reason the second ‘kale’ is with a lower-case K?
The vegetable. Not some guy named Kale. Lower case on the second use ’cause it’s not starting the sentence. ‘Cause it’s not a proper noun.
Ah. Makes sense. Thanks! (Like I said, I was way too tired as I have barely slept last night).
You’d think she’d catch on to his ulterior motives by now…
I wouldn’t say they’re ‘ulterior,’ exactly. I’d more say that they’re multitasking motives.
Edit: multitasking male motives while munching select munchies whilst watching moribund 80s media motives.
You captured the piercing nature of a newborn’s cry perfectly in one continuous sound font.
Although embellished for great comedic effect here, that is exactly how I registered them in my head… A dagger to the eardrums.
My youngest niece one triggered my tinnitus with her cry once. Her cry hit the frequency where the ringing in my ear began. I didn’t think a human voice could do that.
Well, babies can do marvelous, terrible things.
Yes, Hitokiri…yes they can.
Doctors always say that their wailing is good for their lungs, which I can buy, but bad on everyone else’s ears. 😀
It’s true. I had asthma when I was born, so the doctors forced my mother to just let me scream as long as I was able. Broke her heart for a while, but I’m a healthy adult now!
Yay. That sounds nightmarish.
The newborn’s cry (and I just heard one belting it out at the doctor’s the other day) is a very distinct, shrill “AH-WANH-HEEK! AH-WANH_HEEK!” But it just looks to dang weird to put it in a comic. The constant stream of ‘A’s communicate the feel if not the exact sound.
Conveyed quite well, E.
I laughed.
lol voting incentive: The battle of the Boobies!
Anyway, Colin earning some Papa points! It is a great trick riding a baby around in a car. After questioning it appears that I was colicky and my grandpa took me out in his death truck nightly just so I’d fall asleep. My guess bumpy roads are the next best thing to the womb rides they are used to.
Daphne is to young to ride the t$%#y train and Puck is cheating with milk filled knockers! Phoebe’s is still the original, pedigree sweater puppies!
The car works wonders at sometimes getting them to sleep. The catch is transporting them successfully OUT of the car once they’re asleep. With my daughter, I sometimes didn’t even hazard trying to bring her into the house. I’d park the car in the driveway and just tilt the seat back and try to sleep while I had the chance.
And I don’t think ‘sexy elf’ is necessarily to bust size. It’s more a certain Santa’s workshop je ne sais quoi.
Good man.
Although when my dad was an adult, he’d get drowsy when he drove. He was the baby in this scenario.
That’s me too. Especially when driving in the middle of the night.