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<blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 1896102" data-attributes="member: 1025"><p><strong>Whumph</strong></p><p></p><p>So, I just have to share this. Even though it's pretty much entirely off topic.</p><p> </p><p>Because it's about the word "whumph." And about Back in the Day, and laughing my ass off at someone else's near brush with death and/or disfigurement.</p><p> </p><p>Kidcthulhu's near accidental death and disfigurement, actually.</p><p> </p><p>Once upon a time, back in the day, we were all over at Piratecat and Kidcthulhu's house. No, not the palatial Werehouse--the little rental they lived in before that. That one. The one with the quaint little tiled kitchen with the antique appliances from the age of steam locomotives.</p><p> </p><p>Ok, perhaps not that old. The oven had tailfins (I am not kidding about this), so let's say the kitchen furnishings were of the "Early Somewhere That's Green" period. It was the kind of gas oven that you had to light manually when you turned on the gas.</p><p> </p><p>I only mention that detail because, on this particular day that I am talking about, when Kidcthulhu was baking bread for all us Defenders of the Early Years to snack on while we gamed, she didn't. Remember to light the stove before turning it on, that is.</p><p> </p><p>So, uh, when she went in a half an hour later to see if it was preheated yet, it wasn't. And when she opened the door and realized that the oven was still cold as, um, un-preheated steel, she did the natural thing for someone who wasn't paying very close attention to the beginning of this story, and struck a match to light the pilot.</p><p> </p><p>This is where the word "whumph" comes in.</p><p> </p><p>I know, because I was standing there. It was spelled <em>exactly</em> like that, except in all caps, and probably a blue font. The fireball was blue anyway.</p><p> </p><p>Picture Kidcthulhu surrounded entirely by a transparent nimbus of blue fire.</p><p> </p><p>And then, imagine, just for a moment, that we give up on filming this scene with live actors and switch to a Chuck Jones style cartoon. Because I kid you not, the next thing that happened was a look on Kidcthulhu's face I can't film with a live actress as she tried to register 1. what she had just done 2. what could have happened as a result and 3. that she was miraculously unharmed. </p><p> </p><p>Especially the way she blinked once or twice, disturbing the powder that was once her eyebrows and eyelashes so that they wafted gently down to the floor like little white snowflakes.</p><p> </p><p>It was a night I shall long remember.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sialia, post: 1896102, member: 1025"] [b]Whumph[/b] So, I just have to share this. Even though it's pretty much entirely off topic. Because it's about the word "whumph." And about Back in the Day, and laughing my ass off at someone else's near brush with death and/or disfigurement. Kidcthulhu's near accidental death and disfigurement, actually. Once upon a time, back in the day, we were all over at Piratecat and Kidcthulhu's house. No, not the palatial Werehouse--the little rental they lived in before that. That one. The one with the quaint little tiled kitchen with the antique appliances from the age of steam locomotives. Ok, perhaps not that old. The oven had tailfins (I am not kidding about this), so let's say the kitchen furnishings were of the "Early Somewhere That's Green" period. It was the kind of gas oven that you had to light manually when you turned on the gas. I only mention that detail because, on this particular day that I am talking about, when Kidcthulhu was baking bread for all us Defenders of the Early Years to snack on while we gamed, she didn't. Remember to light the stove before turning it on, that is. So, uh, when she went in a half an hour later to see if it was preheated yet, it wasn't. And when she opened the door and realized that the oven was still cold as, um, un-preheated steel, she did the natural thing for someone who wasn't paying very close attention to the beginning of this story, and struck a match to light the pilot. This is where the word "whumph" comes in. I know, because I was standing there. It was spelled [i]exactly[/i] like that, except in all caps, and probably a blue font. The fireball was blue anyway. Picture Kidcthulhu surrounded entirely by a transparent nimbus of blue fire. And then, imagine, just for a moment, that we give up on filming this scene with live actors and switch to a Chuck Jones style cartoon. Because I kid you not, the next thing that happened was a look on Kidcthulhu's face I can't film with a live actress as she tried to register 1. what she had just done 2. what could have happened as a result and 3. that she was miraculously unharmed. Especially the way she blinked once or twice, disturbing the powder that was once her eyebrows and eyelashes so that they wafted gently down to the floor like little white snowflakes. It was a night I shall long remember. [/QUOTE]
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