June 29, 2001

stranger things have happened

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Every year, the Forest Service warns us about fireworks, and every year some tourists, summer home owners and local residents ignore it.  The fireworks ban isn't just a good idea, it's the law!

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"Does it seem to you that we aren't taking our situation all that seriously?" I said.

"I'm taking it seriously," Jewel said.  "We're doing what can be done.  How seriously do we have to take it?  I mean, is this pot pie going to make you happy or what?"

"Stranger things have happened."

- the characters Bob and Jewel, from the novel "Bob the Gambler"
by Frederick Barthelme

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