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Submitted to Contest #106
Recently, while on a business trip Linus Nettle noticed something peculiar in his personal history. It is of note, that Linus had suffered with this peculiarity his entire life. You see, Linus Nettle had never had the courage to kiss a girl or ask her out on a date. “May I take your order Sir?” the girl behind the counter asked. Linus searched the menu list over the girl’s head. Never trusting the absurd names coffee shops came up with for drinks, he kept searching for something he recognized. “Sir, may I please take your order, there ar...
Submitted to Contest #90
It was Earth Day 1989. McDonald’s was handing out sapling pine trees to the children who were brought in to the store. My little brother wanted one. The saplings were pathetic little sticks that you put in the ground. Like my brothers turtle and several other life lessons, my parents most likely thought the tree would die. But they helped him choose an empty spot in a corner of the backyard and he planted it. And in time took a picture in front of it. The yard was so empty back then. Dad planted a maple sapli...
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