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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
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After searching for your lost cat for months, it saunters into your house one day. It looks rather plump.
You open a door, but before you can go through, someone sneaks in front of you without saying "thank you." You've had an awful day and this is the last straw.
The old bus driver who drives you to work every day always tells you rambling stories about his friends, who all seem to have passed away. Eventually, you begin to suspect he is immortal.
You have a writer's block breakthrough at the worst possible time.
It was the most epic senior prank your high school had ever seen.
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