Althouse: "I was trying not to think about bad stuff, like 'Twister,' the movie, and I was trying to think about happy stuff."

May 17, 2023

"I was trying not to think about bad stuff, like 'Twister,' the movie, and I was trying to think about happy stuff."

Said the boy saved from the dust devil.

12 comments:

JAORE said...: We used to chase them down to GET into them.

It was fun.; 5/17/23, 8:02 AM
rhhardin said...: Look for little boys on bicycles out looking for dust devils.

Dust devil warning sirens.; 5/17/23, 8:07 AM
Gahrie said...: When I was a kid we used to chase after those things and jump into the middle of them.; 5/17/23, 8:30 AM
Ice Nine said...: >Child rescued from 'dust devil' in baseball game/"Luckily, the umpire reacted quickly"<

Nice what the older kid did, sure. That was of course sort of an automatic reaction. But, please - that child was in no danger from that little dust devil, which would have passed on by him in a few seconds. Maybe some dust in his eyes... Fact is, they're kind of fun to be in.; 5/17/23, 9:06 AM
Michael said...: If all kids were like this in the 1930s we would be speaking German.; 5/17/23, 10:02 AM
Anthony said...: He'll probably need counseling now.; 5/17/23, 10:04 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: Maybe it was Kitten...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Fair_City; 5/17/23, 10:16 AM
mikee said...: Tell me this kid is related to the red pickup twister teen, please!; 5/17/23, 1:12 PM
Wince said...: "It's a twister! It's a twister!"; 5/17/23, 4:58 PM
charis said...: I grew up in the desert. We saw dust devils fairly often. I don't recall them being dangerous. They'd pick up trash and swirl it in a circle.; 5/17/23, 5:37 PM
Interested Bystander said...: When they pass over you the air inthem is much warmer than the surrounding air.; 5/17/23, 6:34 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: "I was trying not to think about bad stuff, like 'Twister,' the movie...

The kid is right, that was a pretty bad movie.; 5/17/23, 7:45 PM