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Nutty - Apr 16, 2006 5:06:27 pm PDT #1637 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Hello, all.

Is there a social protocol for when a house in your neighborhood burns down? We looked out the back window (I am on the Cape) and there was a house on fire. Like, really really on fire, all the second-story windows with flames, probably total loss on fire. (As much as we know, nobody was hurt.)

The police shooed us away just as it was coming under control, but in the morning, the gawking and the "Hi, new neighbor! we shall bond over this bizarre disaster which at least didn't touch us!"

Freaky.

§ ita § - Apr 16, 2006 5:09:43 pm PDT #1638 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Who did it touch? Like is there anything you can do for the family? Or were you asking about protocol with the other gawkers?

Nutty - Apr 16, 2006 5:12:56 pm PDT #1639 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Both. From what we've gathered, the owner lives here most of the year, but might not have been home. On the gawker front, I was struck by how many in the neighborhood zoomed out of their houses to stand and watch. It struck me as kind of -- unseemly. Just as they were arriving, I decided to leave.

Jesse - Apr 16, 2006 5:12:58 pm PDT #1640 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wow, that's really scary. If you don't know them, can you network around and see if there's anything they'll need over the next few days? A place to stay, food to eat, clothes to wear, etc.?

§ ita § - Apr 16, 2006 5:17:51 pm PDT #1641 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's not every day you get to see a house burning down. Hopefully no one was hurt--it's going to be a trauma anyway, but let's spare life and limb.

I don't think there's any gawker etiquette. If you didn't talk to them before, eh.

Jesse - Apr 16, 2006 5:27:26 pm PDT #1642 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ION, I cannot express how stupid I think the current Special K ads are -- no shit, really? If I have a bowl of cereal instead of an entire bag of chips while I watch TV at night, I won't be such a fat pig? WOW I NEVER KNEW THAT.

msbelle - Apr 16, 2006 5:33:23 pm PDT #1643 of 10002

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

dude, Jesse, sarcastic much. I think I got bruised over here.

Also? NICE TALK ON THE DAY OF OUR LORD SAVIOR'S RESURRECTION!!

Nicole - Apr 16, 2006 5:34:26 pm PDT #1644 of 10002

I'm getting the pig!

If I have a bowl of cereal instead of an entire bag of chips while I watch TV at night, I won't be such a fat pig? WOW I NEVER KNEW THAT.

Just like Slim Fast. ""Have a shake for breakfast and a shake for lunch and then for dinner, have a sensible meal." Oh, really? A sensible meal? If I knew how to have a sensible meal, I wouldn't need fuckin' Slim Fast to begin with." (My favorite old Rosie O'Donnell skit.)

Allyson - Apr 16, 2006 5:35:55 pm PDT #1645 of 10002

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Also? NICE TALK ON THE DAY OF OUR LORD SAVIOR'S RESURRECTION!!

As a Jew, I volunteer to post vulgar or angry thoughts on everyone's behalf.

msbelle - Apr 16, 2006 5:37:34 pm PDT #1646 of 10002

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

of course by "our", I meant people who self-identify as Christians.

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