You fucking cunt, the boy yelled to his next-door neighbour. He’d forgotten the old man had been rendered deaf in a freak accident a few years back. This made the insult moot, if not less offensive. Had it not been for a hitherto unknown knack for lip reading, that might have saved the kid from being beaten up by an octogenarian. As it happens, it did not.
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300 stories 
AnElephantCant endorse bad language
His blog is for kiddies and mummies
But this he must say
There just is no way
He can leave without telling you this is funny
Brautigan?
I’d never heard of Brautigan before you mentioned the name, but from what I read on his Wikipedia-page, I certainly get the comparison! 🙂
it’s 100% meant as a compliment. I love Brautigan. If you can get a copy of “Revenge of the Lawn”, I”m sure you’d enjoy it.
I might just do that. Thanks for the tip!
way to go, grandad!
I’ve just been lokking through your archive stuff working backward – ’tis really good.
Awesome blog. Thanks for following.
I didn’t want to like this, but I did anyway
I really dont like your use of the two four letter words. Some people would find them offensive
I was ready to be angered by this story. Still the title did draw me in. Read it. Hilarious.
Ha!
Love it. I just found you on Freshly Pressed and am going to try and start from the beginning and work my way through.
decided to read and read i did 300 stories i am a simple man i start with story one. regardless of title funny or rude must read number one. glad i did I shall read more.
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