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The usual mixture of failure and minor successes.

Comedy Writing

Squirrel Police Blotter

Squirrel Police Department dispatch received a call from a squirrel who said he wasn't sure, but it seemed like he was being shadowed by a red-tailed hawk.

by Mark Ratledge
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June 26, 2023

Emily Post’s Etiquette Advice for a Knife Fight

Miss Manners will endeavor to offer advice which she hopes will help you be the perfect guest at your knife fight, and as well as keep you alive.

by Mark Ratledge
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April 6, 2022

The Four Ubers of the Apocalypse

And so I asked Conqueror if he was a new Uber driver, and he said unto me, "As a matter of fact, this is my first day driving."

by Mark Ratledge
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December 30, 2021

Folk Music Police Blotter

by Mark Ratledge | May 8, 2021 | Slackjaw

QAnon Hires An Image Consultant

by Mark Ratledge | April 9, 2021 | Slackjaw

Cowboy Social Distancing

by Mark Ratledge | April 1, 2021 | Slackjaw

Back in the Good Old Days, We Had Facts

by Mark Ratledge | May 16, 2017 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Jokes

JFK said, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country’s congressmen to change the laws so you can get a larger tax refund to give to that congressman.

— Mark Ratledge