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I find it odd that too often a story will

  • I find it odd that too often a story will say about somebody "they were never seen nor heard from again" and the very next folder will have us hearing or seeing them again.

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  • however; that is the juxtaposition of life. We see & hear things that are neither useful or real. Take for instance Springy the Mad Clown who is secretly in love with Custer. They

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  • have to drive Springy the Clown's Kooky Kar far into the woods for their lover's trysts. Custer would ride the back roads on his horse. Springy and Custer had only precious minutes

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  • to conduct their courting ritual (which consisted of Custer putting on a Punch-and-Judy-esque puppet show while Springy clipped his toenails)...they were soulmates for life!

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  • Springy wondered briefly what it was about Punch-and-Judy that made Custer amorous. But it was only a lovers passing thought. Springt's thoughts turned to Buicks

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  • After the Spotted Dick they had had on their romantic picnic did not agree with her. She spent the evening wrapped around Custer's toilet selling it Buicks. Custer held her hair fo

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  • or her and while he was back there starting arranging it into an intricate plait. By the time he was done, she'd sold four Buicks. Ugh. Things were similarly slow but messy at

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  • The Saab dealership some 8 months later. A Saab 900 which Beatrice had craved since 1986 was for sale! This was the last one ever made. A forensics expert certified this by lopking

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  • under the hood and seeing a brass plaque that read: “This is the last Saab 900 ever made.” Beatrice bought the car but didn’t notice when the hood was open it was minus one engine.

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  • She shut the hood, got into the driver's seat, and tried the key in the ignition, but I didn't do enough research into motor vehicles to know what would happen next. Does Wiki say?

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8 Comments

  1. Zetawilk Nov 23 2020 @ 16:40

    So much for driving it off the lot.

  2. Woab Nov 24 2020 @ 17:04

    Jimbeau, your line killed me. I am typing this from The Other Side.

  3. Jimbeau Nov 24 2020 @ 20:02

    Woab, since you and I are from the same Universe, but still slightly opposite, I am typing this from The Opposite Side of the Other Side.

  4. Woab Nov 29 2020 @ 12:53

    So, which one of us is upside-down, Jimbeau? I think it's me. I feel a little woozy...

  5. Jimbeau Nov 30 2020 @ 12:45

    Woab, we each take turns being upside-down; the problem is, when you are upside-down and feeling woozy, I'm right-side up and feeling halfway insane. My only respite is to follow your clever line with something equality as clever.

  6. Jimbeau Nov 30 2020 @ 12:48

    ...that should be equally, not equality.

  7. Woab Dec 01 2020 @ 12:27

    We inspire and confuse each other with equality, here.

  8. Jimbeau Dec 04 2020 @ 11:26

    We're forever linked through this time and moment. It is happening, of that I'm sure. Where it ends, we can't ignore.

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