Forest? These are nothing but rocks !
Forest? These are nothing but rocks!
Tom in his cowboy phase. Well, it was The West after all ..The Petrified Forest. This was quite disappointing because I'd been expecting a .... FOREST. Not a desert with a bunch of scattered rock like structures that we were told were petrified TREES. Uh-huh, SURE they're trees, petrified trees, just like a Ferry is a Boat, then you should call it a boat, not a Fairy, okay? Man. The various letdowns as Myths die. I remember one Christmas around this time I helped my parents "play Santa" on Christmas Eve and get everything set up for the little kids. We wrapped and baked and did all the things that "Santa" was supposed to do. Most. Depressing. Christmas. Ever. I knew that it was them but this sealed the deal. Reality has never been my strong suit.
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Homer: We’re going out, Marge! If we don’t come back, avenge our deaths!
Marge: Okay!…
-The Simpsons, “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment”
Forest? These are nothing but rocks !
Forest? These are nothing but rocks!
Tom in his cowboy phase. Well, it was The West after all ..The Petrified Forest. This was quite disappointing because I'd been expecting a .... FOREST. Not a desert with a bunch of scattered rock like structures that we were told were petrified TREES. Uh-huh, SURE they're trees, petrified trees, just like a Ferry is a Boat, then you should call it a boat, not a Fairy, okay? Man. The various letdowns as Myths die. I remember one Christmas around this time I helped my parents "play Santa" on Christmas Eve and get everything set up for the little kids. We wrapped and baked and did all the things that "Santa" was supposed to do. Most. Depressing. Christmas. Ever. I knew that it was them but this sealed the deal. Reality has never been my strong suit.
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Homer: We’re going out, Marge! If we don’t come back, avenge our deaths!
Marge: Okay!…
-The Simpsons, “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment”