Word count 370 Count the number of statements that apply to you to find out if you are old. You have three pairs of glasses, but you can't find the ones on your face. You last took the stairs in 1983. You can’t identify more … Continue reading Age Test – You Might Be Old If
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The Afterwife (rated R)
Lust connection lost Word count 359 Duke had been married to Sally for twenty years before she died of cancer. To his extreme unhappiness, he found out that Sally didn’t believe in sex after marriage. During those twenty years, Duke tried to get sex everywhere, … Continue reading The Afterwife (rated R)
Crunch
Yum Word count 490 I don’t care what my friends say about Jean being way out of my class. Sure, I may be a looks 4 and she is a 9, but if I round up, I’m a 5. And yes, she got her Ph.D. … Continue reading Crunch
Altared States
Before the blood letting Word count 787 A few days after my wife Celestine died suddenly from encephalitis, I got a phone call that I suspected was some form of condolence. I had not recovered enough to talk to anyone, but the caller ID – … Continue reading Altared States
Inpler
Grammer doesn't like texting Word Count 573 Language report 2019 -2119 During the last hundred yrs great progress has bin made in American Language. This essay will kover the trends and landmarks of that period. The drivers of the changes were 2 movements. 1 went … Continue reading Inpler
Lessons
Questions will be asked and there will be a pop quiz, but only for pops. Word count 762 I’ve seen a lot of stories in places about how to succeed through personal growth. I’ll be polite and not offer a critique thereof. Because one learns … Continue reading Lessons
I Dream Of Satan
Dream piranhas coming to devour me Word count 1020 As a young boy, I was moved from the bedroom that I inhabited with my older sister to the room in the attic that my father had finished. I continually imagined monsters coming up the stairs … Continue reading I Dream Of Satan
Nose
Nose knows Word count 896 I woke up feeling tired, even though I thought that I had slept through the night. My wife Sally looked like she hadn’t slept much either. I expected her to complain about my snoring, but she surprised me by … Continue reading Nose
The Dumb
Link to the outside world Word count 998 Crazy Ed Mahoney went out the back door on Monday to urinate in his garden. He believed, incorrectly, that he was saving on his water bill. His neighbors had given up on changing his ways. After … Continue reading The Dumb
Bike Killer
Rider thrown ten feet Word count 1008 I don’t drive. Everywhere I need to go I can walk, bus or taxi. I take a bus to my job at Hadleys Department Store in the Consumer Help Department. You should know that I am a highly … Continue reading Bike Killer
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