Great snark! This is one of the books I actually owned as a kid. I think I still have my copy somewhere. I always thought Karen sounded like such a goody-goody, worrying over getting up to brush her teeth, because, like you said, no kid is that worried over oral hygiene.
I like that this Edward Potter character apparently has connections in the afterlife and can make Ben Brewer be a ghost once he's dead. Like, he'll send guys around to bust Ben's phantom kneecaps, should he fail to haunt properly. I imagine Edward with a thick Brooklyn accent, saying "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, Brewer. Which would you prefer?" Also, he's a ten-year-old kid, since I guess Edward was ten when he died.
I had a phantom flusher, too! When I was ten, my family lived in a two-story home. Even though the game systems were connected to the TV in the basement, I'd never go down there when I was home alone, because the toilet down there would flush and I'd hear doors slamming, but only when no one else was home. I haven't lived in that house for twenty years, but sometimes I still have nightmares about something lurking in the basement, waiting to get me--though I guess, really, all it would do is make noise and run up the water bill.
Thanks! And I am loling at the idea of Edward Porter being a ten year old wise guy. XD
And yeah, by Karen's age I knew to brush my teeth in the morning and before bed without being reminded, but I didn't worry about it rest of the day. And somehow, I've never had a cavity. Amazeballs.
I like that this Edward Potter character apparently has connections in the afterlife and can make Ben Brewer be a ghost once he's dead. Like, he'll send guys around to bust Ben's phantom kneecaps, should he fail to haunt properly. I imagine Edward with a thick Brooklyn accent, saying "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, Brewer. Which would you prefer?" Also, he's a ten-year-old kid, since I guess Edward was ten when he died.
I had a phantom flusher, too! When I was ten, my family lived in a two-story home. Even though the game systems were connected to the TV in the basement, I'd never go down there when I was home alone, because the toilet down there would flush and I'd hear doors slamming, but only when no one else was home. I haven't lived in that house for twenty years, but sometimes I still have nightmares about something lurking in the basement, waiting to get me--though I guess, really, all it would do is make noise and run up the water bill.
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And yeah, by Karen's age I knew to brush my teeth in the morning and before bed without being reminded, but I didn't worry about it rest of the day. And somehow, I've never had a cavity. Amazeballs.
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