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Aug 26Liked by Norman T. Leonard

What are the five words you never want to have to say at a party?

"Do you have a plunger?"

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Right up there with, "Why is there no pulse?"

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Aug 27Liked by Norman T. Leonard

And “I think that’s going to stain”. Second to “Do you think they’ll notice?”

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Change "going to" to "gonna" and this thread could be the premise for an anthology show called Five Terrible Words.

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Oh jeez. I have so much sympathy for Ananya. I have my own version of that where it was my poo the stopped up the toilet in a friends *pristine* wall-to-wall carpeted home (including said bathroom), with the gold veined mirror walled living room and couch no one was allowed to sit on. I was traumatized. I was 15. I'm 67. I still haven't gotten over it...

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Aug 26·edited Aug 26Author

The wall-to-wall carpet is the best detail here. Ooh, so brutal. That said, if nobody was allowed to sit on the couch, I think you did those tight asses a solid. ;)

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There's very little in this world that is better than a friend showing loyalty in a time of need. This is a poem to that feeling.

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Faith in friendship is the best.

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Aug 25Liked by Norman T. Leonard

I was laughing so hard I was crying during charlee and ananya’s text exchange (thank goodness I didn’t have to pee!)

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I may have to annotate all of their text exchanges...

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Aug 25Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Good one Norm.

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Really, the girls did all the work.

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Aug 28Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Always refreshing to read your stories....well maybe more so if you added in a Fabreze Air Spray somewhere along the way. Always a good one and never quite sure where you are going, until you actually get there. Much fun and added to a somewhat hot and gloomy day, even as the sun shines and burns thru my skin as I pass under it.

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Funny enough, I usually know where I'm going just not how I'm gonna get there. Stay cool. ;)

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The writing behind my substack. Sometimes I don't get there, then forget where I was going.

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Aug 27Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Triggered 🤣 I think the toilet thing is a right of passage—and you do look for something to end yourself with. Beyond the potential for Hep A is the embarrassment at school the next day. I’m glad your girls made it to the other side unscathed.

I too was a victim of someone else’s bathroom treachery. My brother used to blow up the bathroom, leave it there to show his friends and tell them I did it…

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That's the most brotherly thing I've ever heard. While I've never been the type of person to look at my toilet contributions and say, "Hey, let's put on a show!" I do find those people sort of hilarious. Of all the things to be proud of...

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Aug 28Liked by Norman T. Leonard

Who the heck invented brothers, anyway??!

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A sadist, I imagine.

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Aug 28Liked by Norman T. Leonard

He always says he was there first and I was the intruder.

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Aug 28Liked by Norman T. Leonard

I got the same comment, and I paid for it all my life.

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Just like a brother to call dibs on the right to exist.

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Aug 25Liked by Norman T. Leonard

I’m laughing out loud ! Hilarious!! I haven’t laughed this much in such a long time!👏🏻💕🙏🏻

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I screenshot this comment and showed it to my daughter. She stood up tall, raised her hand high, then performed a dramatically ceremonious bow.

Grateful we got to give you some yuks. :)

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Thank the Democratic Convention....

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