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Ernie Brill's avatar

I THINK THIS IS A CASE OF AWRISTED DEVELOPMENT AND A RAID INTO YOUR SELF-ARMORY. MAYBE THAT'S WHY YOU PALMED THIS OFF AS A NOVEL INSTEAD OF A LITERARY HOVEL WITH A SHOVEL WITH A SINS OF PULPOUS TO ALLUMINATE YOUR ORDINANCE. WRY TON. GIVEN IT'S SO CLOSE TO A CERTAIN NEW YEAR, YOU DEFINITLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOFAR IT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO REWARD YOURSELF WITH A CANDY BAR OR AT LEAST AN ALLDAY SUKUR.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Punishingly punny. :-)

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From Ritual to Romance's avatar

Hilarious! (The slop bucket was my favorite detail.)

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Thanks! I had fun imagining this scenario.

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David Nash's avatar

Hilarious. "kale-and-brown-sugar donuts" lol.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Glad you like that detail. I worked hard on this satire and it was tons of fun. PS: Kale makes me ill.

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Very droll . . .

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Lev Raphael's avatar

My favorite Tina Turner song is "Drollin' on the River." :-)

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Nicely pinned!

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

I mean punned!

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I did wonder.... :-)

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I sometimes dream in puns--in other languages. To date that includes French, German, and this year Swedish.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Splendid allegory about book writing : )

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Lev Raphael's avatar

My students loved Misery.

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