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Weekly Contest #273
Why is everyone in such a rush? I figure there must be some fantastic event I’m missing. No matter where I go, everyone around me always seems to be in such a hurry to get where they’re going. Or maybe just to get away. “Excuse me, miss?” I tapped the shoulder of the lady next to me. She gasped hard while raising her hand to her chest. “Oh! Uhm, yes?” she answered, hesitantly. “Do you know where the salt is?” I asked. Each word I spoke repelled her further and further from me, and before I knew it, she was half way down the aisle pointing in...
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