The Wedding of Mashire

[Scott McLamok]

Was it slooow?

No, it kept up really well.

........Okaaaay.......

[shisteer of nothing much]

I feel ya! I have a 2005 Dell for a brain....

I had a 2002 Dell laptop that I used until a few years ago. Twas quite good in the memory department.

Rockjaw Grang is one of my favorite characters from the series.

He was great.

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I think I actually cried over his death, which is unusual for me.

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[Kade Rivok]

Actual spoiler in the above this time, for anybeast that hasn't read The Long Patrol.

[Ripred the Gnawer]

Who hasn't?

[Kade Rivok]

Folks that haven't made it through the entire series.

[shisteer of nothing much]

I mean, I hadn't when I first joined the forum.

[Flib Bigboat]

wut

[lass of something much]

Not everyone has all the books, ya know

[Mara the Wolf]

*taps fingers*

I seem to recall this was supposed to be a wedding, not a Hare Appreciation Club.

[lass of something much]

Mkkaaaayyy.... *gives Sika a flower crown*

[Mara the Wolf]

Silly chook, that goes to the flower girl!

*Puts the crown on Lassie's head*

Hey Lassie, little Timmy fell down a well again!

[Flib Bigboat]

Oh no, not again. *groans*

[Booklover]

*taps fingers*

I seem to recall this was supposed to be a wedding, not a Hare Appreciation Club.

Well, you should bally well appreciate these fine specimens of hares. Pass some of that grub, why doncha? Wot, wot!

(Sorry, my hare is a little rusty.)

[Ripred the Gnawer]

Silly chook, that goes to the flower girl!

*Puts the crown on Lassie's head*

Hey Lassie, little Timmy fell down a well again!

LOL!! From Lassie Come-home?

[Mara the Wolf]

Yup. The trope is named for Lassie, who was always alerting the humans to any trouble in the area. Please note, however, that the phrase is a Beam Me Up, Scotty!, as Timmy never actually fell into a well. He fell into a lot of things, but never a well. The fact that Timmy never fell down a well is amazing, seeing as how most of the trouble he got into is A) generally lethal and B) things no normal child of average intelligence should ever have to deal with. Clearly, falling down a well was too mundane for him. John Provost, who played Timmy, titled his autobiography Timmy in the Well: The John Provost story, after the phrase. Here's a short list of things Timmy has done that Lassie has saved him from:

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• lets a rabid dog out of a cage ("Graduation")
• eats deadly nightshade berries ("Berrypickers")
• is threatened by an escaped female circus elephant ("The Elephant")
• hides out in the treehouse when he has pneumonia ("Spartan")
• is threatened by a mother wolf ("The Wolf Cub")
• falls into the lake ("Transition" and "The House Guest")
• develops a high fever from the measles ("The Crisis")
• is almost shot by Paul ("Hungry Deer")
• ignores severe stomach pains; he's diagnosed with appendicitis ("Hospital")
• is trapped in an abandoned house with Boomer ("Trapped")
• wanders into a live mine field ("Junior GIs")
• is menaced by a bear ("Campout" and "The Renegade")
• is trapped in a mine ("Old Henry")
• gets a black eye playing football ("Growing Pains")
• nearly flies a home-made glider off a cliff ("Flying Machine")
• runs into a burning house to save a neighbor lady and passes out ("The Whopper")
• is endangered by dynamite picked up by an escaped lab chimp ("The Man from Mars")
• is locked in a shed with Lassie by an armed robber ("Star Reporter")
• runs away from home believing he and a friend killed someone ("Alias Jack and Joe")
• is exposed to radiation ("Space Traveler")
• gets trapped on a cliff with Rudy and Don ("Explorers")
• is trapped in a pipe ("Wrong Gift")
• is caught in quicksand ("The Fog")
• is trapped on a ledge ("The Rescue")
• is out in the woods hunting a dangerous tiger ("The Gentle Tiger")
• is tossed out of a little racing car and knocked out ("Big Race")
• is trapped in a mine with Cully ("Fool's Gold")
• is threatened by a bull ("White-Faced Bull")
• is threatened by a rabid dog ("Mad Dog")
• freezes while on a narrow path at the Grand Canyon ("Lassie at the Grand Canyon")
• is threatened by a killer collie ("Mysterious Intruder")
• is trapped in a badger hole ("Badger Game")
• is knocked out ("Hike")
• is stalked by a presumably dangerous tiger ("Lassie and the Tiger")
• with Lassie, is carried off in a balloon, must survive in the wilderness, and almost drowns ("The Journey")
• almost drowns ("Disappearance" part 1)
• is caught in an earthquake and threatened by a dam spillover ("Moving Mountain")
• is struck by a hit and run driver ("Hit'n'Run")

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