One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for June 12, 2024

No more chimbley…..

Remember the episode of Friends in which Phoebe tried to teach French to Joey?

Phoebe: “Je m’appelle” —

Joey: “Oui poo poo”

No, think of the property values!

There is no W in Icelandic, so many Icelanders have trouble making the W sound when they’re speaking English, and often say V instead. We lived in Oklahoma for 13 years, and my mom managed to learn the W sound, at least in most cases. She could, for example, say “sweat” correctly, but she never managed to say “sweater”. She always said “svetter”.

One of my cousins has always said “chimley” and “windle”

Awww that chimbley was sooo cute though.

Grandpa, that was such a sweet thing to do for Ruthie. I think I have something in my eye.❤️

Oh no! The house is going to fill with smoke. The poor birds!

“Spa.” “Spa.”

“Get.” “Get.”

“Tea.” “Tea.”

“Spaghetti.” “Psgetti…”

When she was about 3 or 4, our daughter called a spoon a ‘foop’. No idea where that came from, but my father tried to get her to say ‘spoon’ by constantly having her repeat the sounds ‘sp’ and ‘oon’. When he showed her a spoon, and asked her what it was, she said ‘a foop’. He gave up.

I have a cousin who is 73 years old, and he still calls it a ‘chimbley.’

But…but…how will Santa get in? d;o)

It’s chiminey!

Now it has central heating.

That’s much better than putting marbles in her mouth and making her say “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”

Ruthie and her Grandpa, two kindred souls.

“… the Grinch, very nimbly

Stuffed all of the bags, one by one, up the chimbley.”