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I sat here, staring at the screen, wonder...why?...Why

  • I sat here, staring at the screen, wonder...why?...Why are there so many website links being posted?

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  • To be honest I never expected such an overwhelming response from fellow users of the Gardening By Night discussion forum to my query regarding my perennial water hyacinths

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  • However, for headless vampires (Don't ask me how they could still suck blood without heads) they sure do know a lot about taking care of plants.

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  • Because without their heads they could prolong their life only through them. They were said to have a special green thumb capable of making plants grow faster

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  • (only instead of a green thumb it was actually a green neck stump, from which nutrients would pass onto the plants). Yes, the horticultural genius of the satisfied male mantis was

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  • turning out to be a turning point in the mood of the country. Suddenly people have something extraordinary that was happening in their own backyards. A male mantis breaking gender

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  • ,yet, to be a male praying mantis is to be rare; to be shielded by the enlightened, to be the Order of the Golden Shower Association’s talisman, and then to be beheaded after sex.

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  • Others pick this up as being the #metoo moment for male mantis mantisissesusafrasfreshormynameisnotflash. Tonight in an exclusive live interview, ObsTV talks to the mantis at the

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  • deceased administrators of FoldingStory.com to inquire about the afterlife. ObsTV interjects regarding direct deposit for website hosting, then cuts to a mantis shrimp commercial.

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  • I avoid the commercial and sit, TV remote in hand, clicking channels to find something to watch as I fart into the sofa cushions. With no TV choices, farting becomes true pleasure.

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4 Comments

  1. Woab Sep 17 2021 @ 11:22

    Started and ended with staring at the screen, wondering. At least something was resolved, sort of?

  2. Jimbeau Sep 19 2021 @ 21:35

    Such optimism, Woab. Personally, I hate characters who just stare off into space, hoping we’ll believe they’re so deep into themselves. Give me a break!

  3. Woab Sep 26 2021 @ 15:13

    Oh dear! I meant that the staring person came to the realization that passing gas was worthwhile.

  4. Jimbeau Oct 02 2021 @ 21:51

    Oh, sorry, Woab. I meant it as a joke. I apologize, if I offended you. I might have been tired and a bit high when I wrote it. I think Covid has made me quite STIR CRAZY! I thought the piece was very good and funny.

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