Sneeze Like Nobody’s Watching

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Some cultures are insulted when you cover your mouth when you sneeze. They question your apparent selfishness. 

Jimmy sneezed hard. It was sloppy and all over the place. Little did he realize, his life had forever changed. The sudden outburst transported him to another world in another time. Disbelief overwhelmed him. He found peculiar comfort in repeating the word, homina. For the first time, he understood the comedic nuance of Ralph Kramden. As far as his eyes could see, towers made of red crystal. So much red.

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Another Day In Clown Town

Ohno The Clown

There is nothing scarier than a clown during self evaluation. Image Source

He looked at himself hard and sternly in the mirror before applying a clump of white make up to his face. Ohno The Clown was on top of his game. So much so, for the first time in the nine years of working with Cockamamie Circus Group, he did not smell the elephant manure, hay and grease paint that usually sickened him. Things were finally looking up for Ohno.

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That Cocktail Party

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The latest gateway to harder things.

“I am so mad at you.” Simon wagged his finger at Phil as he waddled over to the bar.

Phil was dumbfounded, so much so, the mouthful of warm gin martini spilled from his slack-jawed mouth. He slurped and looked upward, which was a part of his thinking process, and replayed the last three years of his life. His memories only consisted of hours in his work cubicle playing Spider Solitaire™ on his computer and that one fateful day at the golf course. He instinctively frowned and slugged down the rest of his drink.

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An Untold Tale Of A Dead President

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“Too busy emancipating instead of legislating.”

Many people don’t know this. Some do. Many don’t. The sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, did a lot of different things before he was assassinated to death. So many different things. Some good, some bad. Frankly, more bad than good if you ask me. One would think, how is that even possible in such an abbreviated lifespan? How? Before we carry him on our backs and call him a hero, keep in mind, child labor was rampant under his leadership.

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