Comments on: My First Earthquake http://timthefoolman.com/2008/04/18/my-first-earthquake/ Stream of consciousness rambling about technology, theology, and "parentology" Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim http://timthefoolman.com/2008/04/18/my-first-earthquake/#comment-11918 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:09:27 +0000 http://timthefoolman.wordpress.com/?p=553#comment-11918 Tiffany,

Was Doug able to shake a settlement out of them?

Bonnie,

That’s a tough call… I have about as little use for a Buick as a bass boat. :D

Allison,

I’m assuming that along with making the coffee that you didn’t drink, he was up early enough to at least fix your breakfast?

]]> By: Allison http://timthefoolman.com/2008/04/18/my-first-earthquake/#comment-11909 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:20:53 +0000 http://timthefoolman.wordpress.com/?p=553#comment-11909 Matt was awake when it started (grinding my coffee that I don’t drink, of course). He thought somebody was walking around our hourse at first. When he realized what it was, he woke me up and asked if we should get the imp. Being the sharp tack that I am, I just sat there pondering the ramifications of waking a sleeping child until it was over. I felt the second one around 10:20 a.m. while I was getting my hair cut…thankfully it wasn’t strong enough to shake the lady’s hand.

BTW, our dog didn’t even bark or get out from underneath the covers when the first one happened.

]]> By: Bonnie http://timthefoolman.com/2008/04/18/my-first-earthquake/#comment-11907 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:15:50 +0000 http://timthefoolman.wordpress.com/?p=553#comment-11907 Happy birthday to your wife, indeed! I’ve already talked to 2 people who were sitting on the toilet when they felt the earthquake. (HINT: Tim, you’re related to both of them.) I doubt if they were thinking birthday thoughts.

Don’t you wonder if God is amused at the various and sundry “messages” that people receive when He does something like this? I suspect that He’s still laughing about some of them.

“It’s a sign, Mabel! It’s a sign, I’m tellin’ ya. We gotta sell that Buick and get a Bass Boat.”

“God, I promise I will never [fill-in-sin-of-choice-here] again. Never, ever, ever!!!”

“God, I know it’s been awhile since you’ve seen me in church, but I was planning to be there this Sunday. Really, I was!”

“God, what was that?!?!” <–probably not intended as a prayer, but He heard it nonetheless.

And the ones He’s not laughing about, may have reduced Him to tears.

]]> By: tiffanytaylor http://timthefoolman.com/2008/04/18/my-first-earthquake/#comment-11903 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:35:39 +0000 http://timthefoolman.wordpress.com/?p=553#comment-11903 >> It was God’s way of saying “Happy Birthday” to my wife. >>

Happy birthday to her! A teacher told Doug this morning that the earthquake was God’s way of telling the school administration to get off their ^&#es and settle the contract with the teachers’ association. So perhaps it was a multipurpose seismic event…

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