Oh, No, I Just Remembered I Left the Front Door Unlocked and the House on Fire
I feel like such an idiot. How many times did I tell myself, “make sure you turn off the lights, lock the front door, and put out the grease fire."
Eddie Small is a writer whose comedy has been published in The New Yorker, The Onion, McSweeney's and, of course, Points in Case.
I feel like such an idiot. How many times did I tell myself, “make sure you turn off the lights, lock the front door, and put out the grease fire."
I was not leaving my house, both to avoid getting infected with COVID-19 and to avoid running into Joey “Iron Fists” Cachatolli.
We are adjusting our policy of requiring sick employees to come into work so we can laugh at them for being frail and weak.
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We used to have lights, but we found that they reminded people way too much of their cell phone screens, so we got rid of them.
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BARBER: It is customary to tip your barber $15 for each person who complimented your haircut and then immediately had sex with you.
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I know what you're thinking: “A whole mansion for just $150! What a deal! I wonder if the low price has anything to do with that horrifying clown!”
Let’s just relax and not keep score except in a silent and secretive manner that I will only publicize if I happen to be in the lead at hole 17.