"I knew that it would take a year before the water started to boil. It was now October and there was too much water in the pan. That was the problem. I threw half the water into the sink.
The water would boil faster now. It would take only six months. The house was quiet."
Richard Brautigan, Revenge of the Lawn thoughts of R.B. brought on by R.C. reading, or B.C., not R.C.