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Old 09-24-2004, 03:07 PM   #1
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...the right tone of voice.
Man, that's most of the process isn't it? It almost doesn't matter what I say as long as he hears it in the "vengeful god" voice.
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Old 09-24-2004, 03:29 PM   #2
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Man, that's most of the process isn't it? It almost doesn't matter what I say as long as he hears it in the "vengeful god" voice.
Which do you think will work better:

1) Dear Heart, that oven is very hot and will burn you...

2) NO! Followed by #1
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Old 09-25-2004, 08:02 PM   #3
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Which do you think will work better:

1) Dear Heart, that oven is very hot and will burn you...

2) NO! Followed by #1
Or, you could take my dad's approach which was basically (after you'd burned your hand):

"It's better not to do that in the first place"

I wonder if he invented the hangover cure of "Don't have so much to drink in the first place"

I have to say, though, when he said no size=7 or otherwise, we pretty much crapped ourselves.
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