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Category: Animals

November 18, 2009

Cat Haiku II

Wanna go outside.
Oh, no! Help! I got outside!
Let me back in!

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Category: Animals

November 16, 2009

Cat Haiku

You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
And that will show you.

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Category: Driving

November 13, 2009

Ghost Story

This happened just outside a little town in Raleigh, Newfoundland, and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's absolutely true!

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November 11, 2009

How Stupid Is She?

This is an actual Q&A from the popular "Yahoo Answers" site:

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Category: Drinking/Drugs & Religion

November 9, 2009

The Confessional

An Irishman goes into the confessional box after years of being away from the Church.

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Category: Medical

November 6, 2009

My First Mammogram

After a lengthy battle with my nerves after hearing horror stories from my friends, I actually kept my mammogram appointment. I had never had one, and at 35 everyone was saying I just had to do it, so I went.

I was met with, "Hi! I'm Belinda!" This perky clipboard carrier smiled from ear to ear, tilted her head to one side and crooned, "All I need you to do is step into this room right here, strip to the waist, then slip on this gown. Everything clear?"

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