Two Old Farts Sitting On A Roof

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Imagine two rocking chairs balanced atop the roof on the left. Now, imagine no possessions. It’s easy if you try.

From below, it all looked so precarious. A very slanted rooftop, nearly three stories high, two rocking chairs, two very old men, Hank and Tom, and a cooler filled with beer; a sure recipe for disaster. Rest assured, these two guys knew more about the laws of gravity than most anybody.

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Two Old Farts Sitting On A Stoop

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In urban architecture, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building. In society, an old fart is a person who lingers longer than they should.

“I think I’ve got cancer.” Tom squinted and looked directly into the sun until he couldn’t see anymore.

Hank spit up a mouthful of warm beer, “You need a doctor to tell you something like that. What you’re doing there is self-diagnosing and speculating. Bad bad combination if you ask me.”

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Twas A Wonderful Life

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The original Bert and Ernie before they were mutated and turned into puppets, or as the kids call it, muppets.

Stranger things have happened. She grew on me like a chintzy mustache, so naturally, like sane people tend to do, we got married and had two and a half children, as well as a St. Bernard named Platypus.

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Decent Proposal

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There is an old Chinese expression: one martini is not enough, three are too many, and me so drunky, horny and cantankerous.

Deidre Hollingsworth Jr. swirled the lukewarm martini before downing it. She threw her head back, gulped, swallowed, and exhaled. She was pissed off fierce and the gin was only fueling her anger. Her soon-to-be fiancée, Mr. Andre Shoemaker, who just so happened to be the renowned shoe designer of the 21st century was thirty minutes late.

The waiter cautiously approached her, “May I get Ms. Junior another one?”

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