>>...I am pleased that I am not the only one who has thought that exact
>>line for Scrooge. And given what he does in the comics, it's not even
>>that far off base.
>
>Not just the comics, it's damn near canon for the new show.
>
Actually, as I recall, it IS cannon; (at least in the new cartoon,) as we know he spends at least 5 years frozen in a glacier in the Yukon glaring at Goldie; and it seems like I recall at least one or two other times where he was trapped somewhere or other for years.

But his parents are still alive. Now there is a fridge logic moment for you.