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27. How I Met My Wife By Jack Winter
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:08 PM
Sep 2018

It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner. She was a descript person, a woman in a state of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way. I wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew I'd have to make bones about it, since I was travelling cognito. Beknownst to me, the hostess, whom I could see both hide and hair of, was very proper, so it would be skin off my nose if anything bad happened. And even though I had only swerving loyalty to her, my manners couldn't be peccable. Only toward and heard-of behavior would do. Fortunately, the embarrassment that my maculate appearance might cause was evitable. There were two ways about it, but the chances that someone as flappable as I would be ept enough to become persona grata or sung hero were slim. I was, after all, something to sneeze at, someone you could easily hold a candle to, someone who usually aroused bridled passion. So I decided not to rush it. But then, all at once, for some apparent reason, she looked in my direction and smiled in a way that I could make heads or tails of. So, after a terminable delay, I acted with mitigated gall and made my way through the ruly crowd with strong givings. Nevertheless, since this was all new hat to me and I had no time to prepare a promptu speech, I was petuous. She responded well, and I was mayed that she considered me a savory char- acter who was up to some good. She told me who she was. "What a perfect nomer," I said, advertently. The conversation became more and more choate, and we spoke at length to much avail. But I was defatigable, so I had to leave at a godly hour. I asked if she wanted to come with me. To my delight, she was committal. We left the party together and have been together ever since. I have given her my love, and she has requited it.

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Nice CNN Graphic: [View all] kpete Sep 2018 OP
Nice executive summary dalton99a Sep 2018 #1
I read that as summary execution peekaloo Sep 2018 #3
Watching CBS News last night and hearing David Martin peekaloo Sep 2018 #2
This is really unfair... brooklynite Sep 2018 #4
That's Tomorrow ProfessorGAC Sep 2018 #7
Usually you pay double for that. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 #15
the republican draft-dodger-in-chief is quite the a-hole Achilleaze Sep 2018 #5
Yeah, well for them the family is named Corleone... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #8
And these are all some of Trump's "best people"! Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #6
LOL llmart Sep 2018 #9
Does Dump have any gruntled employees? LakeArenal Sep 2018 #10
LakeArenal saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #22
How I Met My Wife By Jack Winter teamster633 Sep 2018 #27
Your theory on the difference between cons and libs is much like my own. Arkansas Granny Sep 2018 #14
I haven't heard that one.... jives with the theory that "conservatives" have a lower than average... DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #18
As a child I remember : Fake Christians do good deeds for the glory of man ... LakeArenal Sep 2018 #23
The word mammon pops into my head from the cobwebs, too. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #25
Yeah. Lots of repressed memories too. 🕸 LakeArenal Sep 2018 #29
Yanno who's NOT on there? Jeff Sessions. Just pointin' it out. n/t TygrBright Sep 2018 #11
Cowardly associates... RobertDevereaux Sep 2018 #12
Well, why not? After all, they're working for a coward. calimary Sep 2018 #30
Understanding of a 5th or 6th grader, I thought? NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #13
"...a lot of people are saying.............." MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #16
What his fellow kakistocrats say about him at the urinal in the executive washroom... (tn) ehrnst Sep 2018 #17
Those comments will make for great Democratic 2020 campaign ads. oasis Sep 2018 #19
This needs to be a daily feature. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2018 #20
My take away is that all the best people think T Rump is a 'stupid' 'fucking' 'liar'. Mc Mike Sep 2018 #21
Fox News should respond to this with a graphic showing all of the Hillary staffers insulting her. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #24
You wont find ONE comment like this anywhere on the planet about Obama or Hillary. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #26
Truth! calimary Sep 2018 #31
Any chance he might choose Self Immolation via Russkie counter attack? populistdriven Sep 2018 #28
I'm not really feeling all that liberalhistorian Sep 2018 #32
Well said, watoos Sep 2018 #33
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