“If you burn yourself out, there will be nothing left to complain with about how tired and fed up you are.”

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“He sat banging his head against the piano keyboard. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m playing it by ear.’”

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“Life is an empty room you fill with hopes and fears and old papers and cat fur. If you’re lucky you get a cat.”

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“His name was Justin Case. His parents had a sense of humor, or so they said. He had no talent, so he became a detective. He thought it would look good on his door when he hung out his shingle.”

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“He slammed his fist against the table. It hit hard, bounced, rolled onto the floor and onto the sleeping cat who promptly batted it behind the fridge with all of his other body parts and various dust bunnies.”

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“Did you ever look in the mirror and wish you looked like Colonel Sanders because you loved chicken? I did. But I hate chicken.”

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“Her nostrils exuded a liquid not unlike gelatin which hadn’t set. If anyone were brave enough to taste it, which she did, they would have found it to be more disgusting than lime-flavored gelatin. This made her cry, which just produced more of the substance.”

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“Can I borrow some money? I’m a little short.”

“That sounds like a personal problem.”

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“Isn’t a spammer someone who uses a wrench?”

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“Did you know that dogs froze to death before humans put little sweaters on them?” .~

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