She should get a magic hat pin instead. She can use it to burst out of her bubble and realise that good and fair people can have good and fair reasons to disagree with her.
I think a clever adviser of the Rajah should counter-offer: You can have rice on the white squares and peppercorns on the black squares. That’s a very generous offer, after all, pepper is more valuable than rice.
I just checked! It was Pequod, the ship, not Queequeg, the character. Still, I’m sure Jef knew what he was doing even if I didn’t, and I’m still sure that’s what he’s referencing.
Nice reference! It’s said that Starbuck’s was originally going to be called Queequeg’s, after the charcter from Moby Dick, but they decided that the name was just too odd so they switched to Starbuck’s to keep the link to Moby Dick but with a more straightforward name.
I thought that Dad was probably checking out whether he recognised the door before he gave the thumbs up. Even Dad might not be so cool if that came from their house.
She should get a magic hat pin instead. She can use it to burst out of her bubble and realise that good and fair people can have good and fair reasons to disagree with her.