1473 13 9
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We argue on the way down. We bicker on the walk to the bistro. I get coffee and croissants at the bar and bring them back to our table, and she is still talking, proving me wrong, when I return.
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2051 44 20
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He was manic, depressive, schizophrenic, bipolar, paranoid, cyclothymic, borderline, or a genius.
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48 4 1
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In a line behind her were a series of naked and muscular men, dressed only in white paper bakery hats.
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1831 28 17
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If you outlive me, she said, it won't be because I smoke but because of what you put me through when you quit.
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1406 6 3
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Doc and I talked for several hours. When I told him Mona was pregnant, he turned his head and looked at me. “Who's the father?” he asked. Don't know, I said. Mona didn't know, either.
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17 6 2
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He read somewhere that a pig had orgasms that last thirty minutes. He told his wife that as time went on, his, too, got better and longer.
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2327 32 19
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My wife goes away for a few days to the little town where Hitchcock filmed The Birds. Her sister goes along. When she comes back, I ask her if she had a good time, and she says no.
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19 5 0
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The turkeys are big. They look like ostriches when they run.
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17 1 0
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Jake woke up Monday morning with a song in his heart. His wife was in the shower, and Jake stood in the doorway of her bathroom singing “Happy Birthday” to himself.
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1239 7 2
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Dogs will hump anything. Cats do not hump.
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27 6 1
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Whenever I put one over on my wife, she gives me a look, then curls her fingers and scratches the air.
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1140 2 1
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I look at that wall, it has piss-stain yellow paint and water scars from several years of leaky pipes. I say I wouldn’t mind that, if he took out some of that wall.
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1352 10 6
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He kind of enjoyed living by himself. It was nice and peaceful.
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1864 8 3
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After like forever I remembered Seth was there, too. He was still on the levee's edge, but had drawn his legs up and crossed them, Indian-style. All of a sudden he was laughing.
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1352 14 6
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"Are you all right?" I ask. He blinks. He sits up. I help him stand. He looks sorrowfully at his coffee cup, which is on the floor.
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