(Now picturing myself starting a conflagration at the table, just to use up the water. "I can't let it go to waste!")

Yeah, that amuses me.

OH. *THAT* stuff... The stuff the giant helicopter puts bushfires out with. I have heard of that, yes.

It is also similar to the stuff that is sometimes in rivers.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

I wonder if the Santa Fe River has any water in it right now. I'll go check and take a picture.

Just to let you know: my life is going swimmingly.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland