People say, “I’m taking it one day at a
time.” You know what? So is everybody.
That’s how time works.
—hannibal buress, comedian
the only woman there.”
Dad shrugged. “If
I go, you’ll still be the
only woman there.”
—Gerald E.
Bronnenberg
Nixa, Missouri
Adult or a dolt? Actual
things grown-ups have
had to have explained
to them, as shared on
reddit.com:
✦Why a room below
sea level on a cruise
ship would not have
a balcony.
✦That there are more
than six bones in the
human body ... she
thought it was head,
back, arms, and legs.
✦In regard to the
North and South Poles,
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that neither is “the one
that is always hot.”
✦That Halloween has
never and will never
ON SECOND THOUGHT, I’LL DRIVE
fall on Friday the 13th.
It was my mother.
✦That islands don’t
tip over if you put too
much weight on the
edge.
✦That Earth has one
moon. The new moon
on the calendar every
month confused her.
Today, I flew on the set of a nightmare.
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