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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Invisible Birds


A man walking along the sidewalk was stopped by a clamor above him. Staring up into the tree branches, where a deafening blast of bird chatter sounded, the man strained to see what was the deal, but could see nothing other than the dense leaves. Just then, a jogger came pounding past, and, without looking up or to the side, the jogger quipped, “There’s a few of them up there, yah think?”

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

That's Ur Job



A vagrant sitting on the sidewalk nodded and said to a man passing by, “Have a good one.”

“You too,” the man replied.

“I already did,” said the vagrant, “that’s ur job.”