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I saw what I did that morning at the diner

  • I saw what I did that morning at the diner had caused a ripple that came back to hit me just now by her slamming the door in my face. "It was only a cup of coffee".
  • I'd ordered a cappuccino after 10 o'clock in the morning. I'm starting to wonder it that was the biggest mistake ever. The barista stared at me for the longest time. Finally she
  • charged me for it and went to make it. I realized she hadn't asked me my name. "Hey, you didn't get me name". "Dammit Dad, for real you don't recognize me? I know your fucking name
  • !" "Darcy!" I cried aghast "I've been so busy these past years, I forgot about you, & I'm sorry! Where've you been?" "In the house with you & Mom!!!""So no discount on the drink?"
  • A tear ran down Darcy's face. "For you, half price." "Gee thanks!" I said, paying with exact change, no tip. I sat at an empty table sipping my gin & rum on the rocks, waiting for
  • my Mommy to come pick me up. I've been waiting a really long time and I wanna go home. I've used all my allowance on this drink. The owner of this bar said if I don't leave soon,
  • he won’t be responsible for what happens to me. He explained that 5 to 7 was Happy Hour, and everyday at Happy Hour the local Cub Scout troop comes in and rapes everyone under 21.
  • That makes him unhappy, because he's not young enough any more. What an old fart! I decided not to listen to him, and to go instead to Sob Sister's Crabby Hour at Gangly Pub.
  • It was another place where people moaned about being too old, or too young, or just being, but at least Crabby Hour at Gangly Pub had free shrimp cocktails for those who stopped bi
  • tching long enough. The crowd at Gangly’s defended the shrimp absolutely, chasing anyone out of the pub with crab mallets who labeled shrimp “disgusting” and ordered steak instead.
Started
2017-12-14 16:21:45
Finished
2020-05-06 15:56:58

17 Comments

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    LordVacuity May 06 2020 @ 16:48

    I don't care what you all say. I'm eating the pounds of shrimp my sister gave me for my birthday. If I'm not back in 3 hours, send help.
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    LordVacuity May 06 2020 @ 16:49

    And by help, I mean cocktail sauce.
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    IceSquad May 07 2020 @ 16:38

    LV, homie, by all means accept my slightly belated but heartfelt congrats on your birthday, and my best wishes. May it usher in another year of top-notch folds. And you must be in great shape, if you can afford to put on several shrimp pounds in a matter of hours, with sauce on top of it.
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    Woab May 07 2020 @ 17:47

    LV's birthday was February 22, that's why he's worried about the state of his shrimp. Mine was this week! I had a carryout Mex meal complete with takeout Margarita. It was great!
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    Jimbeau May 07 2020 @ 21:02

    You should have told us it was your birthday, Woab; we could have had a cyberspace celebration. Anyway, Happy Birthday in quarantine.
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    LordVacuity May 07 2020 @ 21:33

    I always suspected I had a birth day. Never bought the emerging from my father's head story. Sounded too Minervan. I never would have suspected it was February 22 though. They didn't have those around when I would have been presumably born. Back then the days were so few that they still had their own names. I also thought that if I had to be born, I would have liked to be have been born on Clive Smidgeon's Day.
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    LordVacuity May 07 2020 @ 21:36

    Clive Smidgeon might have a different view on the matter. I'm just saying.
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    Woab May 08 2020 @ 14:18

    Thank you, Jimbeau and Clive. (Weren't they gangsters or something?) It would be cool if this site had a chat room or forum.
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    LordVacuity May 08 2020 @ 18:02

    We do have the cumbersome Message system. But that requires each party be following the other. Plus it would be limited to just the two.
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    LordVacuity May 08 2020 @ 18:04

    We could probably incorporate something like Google Groups. Looking at the bottom of this page, I guess we could use Facebook or Twitter some how.
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    Woab May 11 2020 @ 16:57

    I joined the Folding Story Facebook page a while back but usually just favorite stories wind up there. It would be a good excuse for some banter.
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    KieferSkunk Jun 04 2020 @ 17:35

    BTW, I did a reading of this story just now: https://voca.ro/gXNIRikICam
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    IceSquad Jun 04 2020 @ 17:40

    Noice, Kiefer. Is that how you really sound?
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    KieferSkunk Jun 04 2020 @ 17:53

    Yep. That's my voice, echo, sniffles and all. :)
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    IceSquad Jun 04 2020 @ 17:55

    Dude, you should totally do audio books.
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    KieferSkunk Jun 04 2020 @ 18:00

    Thanks. :) I don't really have the endurance, though - my voice fails pretty quick (throat clogs up, etc.), and more to the point, I don't have the time. My wife does audiobooks periodically, though. :)
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    IceSquad Jun 04 2020 @ 18:03

    Look at you two complementing each other :) !

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