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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
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It's a Thursday evening, and Greg Richerson is flashing his sports cars again.
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.
You are a professional hoax-buster.
You are a curmudgeonly old man whose name is Writer S. Block. You just spotted your next victim.
While transferring between international flights at an airport, you befriend a strange person while passing through security.
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