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Chalked: Part 8

Posted on October 29, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The entrance to the crime scene, the weathered and worn cement steps leading down to the subway at Lexington Station, smelling of warm blacktop and a hint of urine, and having signs of stale gum and being spat upon, was … Continue reading →

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The Brush with Life

Posted on October 28, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

There was a woman who spent her life picking four leaf clovers and wondering when things were going to turn her way. She’s now in the hospital with a severe case of poison ivy. “For crying out loud, if … Continue reading →

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Slanted Definitions 2

Posted on October 27, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Dated – A condition where purplish fruit grows out from under your skin, commonly misdiagnosed as Figured. Gruesome – Taller Payment – A form of mortar used to fix houses that have become money pits. Pillow – Suppository Optical – The … Continue reading →

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Moo-shka

Posted on October 25, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The file on the great Chicago fire of 1871 was declassified, to startled foreign relations. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, who had started the fire, was KGB. An affidavit from Mrs. O’Leary claimed that she could never produce a good American … Continue reading →

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Chalked: Part 7

Posted on October 24, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Johnny hadn’t moved a muscle in either leg. “I … I can do that,” he said, still ogling at the chief’s crime board as he studiously traced the white outline in the photo with the tip of his finger. “Do what?” “The chalk,” Johnny answered. … Continue reading →

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Absent

Posted on October 23, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The witches who had survived the Salem trials felt like celebrating, but it was quite evident that Bob the wizard had been out of the country during the whole ordeal when he suggested for the celebration a picnic barbecue. … Continue reading →

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Servants

Posted on October 21, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

An aristocrat and his wife had just left a regal ball and were riding in their carriage home when one of the wheels broke loose and they tumbled into a ravine. When next they woke, they found themselves in a low … Continue reading →

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Slanted Definitions

Posted on October 18, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Peruse – For each joke Migraine – A series of crops such as wheat, quinoa, and Barley, found growing on one’s own land Filibuster – A very long and muddy racetrack for horses Paradox – Two piers to tie boats … Continue reading →

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Surrounded By Cashmere

Posted on October 16, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

“We’ll leave you some little Vienna sausages to stick the capsules in,” they had told me. The grey of the autumn morning … early morning sky … lingered over the muffled yellows and oranges of the near-Vermont foliage. I was … Continue reading →

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“Oh That Book”

Posted on October 16, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The sports enthusiast thought that “The Catcher in the Rye” was a book about an alcoholic ballplayer. The construction worker thought “The Lord of the Flies” was a biography on the man who started Porta-Johns. Roger McManus