A Dennis the Menace cartoon shows Dennis speaking to his father, saying, "Dad, it’s raining outside." Mr. Mitchell was reading his paper & also watching the news on television. So he grunted, "Uh huh."
Undeterred, Dennis went on, " Margaret is getting ready to go to camp this week." Mr. Mitchell answered, "Good." "Did you know that Mr. Wilson is going to move?" "Oh, is he?" "And Mom said she was going to bake a pie for supper tonight. Won’t that be good?" "Uh huh," he said.
By this time Dennis was so frustrated that he said,
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