A story at Fragments reminds me of the first words I learned to spell: Big Ben
Tony's tale reminded me of our daughter, who was precocious in some things, but potty training was not one of them. She spent countless hours waiting for the Big Event. So much so, that the first word she learned to spell was U N A T T E N D E D.
The label on the arm of the little blue seat warned DO NOT LEAVE CHILD... UNATTENDED.
My Gran never doled out punishment when she was angry or upset over the offense. The Perp was set in front of a huge Westclox Big Ben alarm clock and told she would be back in 15 minutes to discuss punishment.
TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK!
Learned to tell time too.
I streched out my Explorer window to see how far the tick-tock line went. The line quits at 17 to the right of the link list. I knew I'd find the penultimate test for my Studio Display.
:)
Just thinking of what other words she could have learned while sitting there, somewhere, makes me laugh, and probably makes you glad that's the only word she learned. :-)
Posted by: Kiril at January 11, 2003 06:06 PMha...just saw this entry in Nutscape...I get it...no line wrap.
That is why do not use NS.
Posted by: feste at January 13, 2003 06:55 PM