Soon thereafter, Penny installed herself in the guest bedroom. At least I got the room with the TV.
“Now you can sleep with that disgusting baby blanket, just the two of you.”
“It’s not disgusting. I wash it.”
She gave me a pointed look.
“You’re a grown man.”
“People who hump the bedpost should not throw stones.”
No reply.
How much longer could we go on this way? What was going to happen to us? What was going to happen to me?
Travel, anonymous sex, team sports, gadgetry.
From outside came high-pitched, feral squealing. I looked out the window. The Mormon children were chasing each other with sticks.
Nit-Picking: Not even sure if bird flu existed in 2001. First documented cases were in 2004.
A pretty good story, though.
I had the misfortune of hearing this read live, this was perhaps the worst story presented.
Methinks Hillel Dov is jealous.
No, just an impartial observer who went to check out the readings. Really, I don’t want to sully the reps of any of the actual contestants. (But I’ll give you credit for the username 🙂
Well, I liked it. A lot.
What fun! Thanks, Debbie.
preeeeetty bad. the bedpost bit is funny though.
Nerdo, you’re right. The first report on bird flu was released by the WHO in December 2004.
I think that anyone posting negative comments probably had too much time on their pissy little hands and is upset they weren’t chosen to read.
I’m sick of people like this. Why don’t you be constructive if you really have some issue about the story? And way to be a big nerd and go look up when the bird flu was.