T 5656

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She had been gone for a few days, away on business, and the house was a mess. He opened a bag of chips, and called her. I miss you, he said.

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T 5655

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She’d been rude to him the night before, maybe too rude, and she asked him about it and he said, I have no standards, and she felt powerless.

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T 5654

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

The plane hit bad turbulence. She squeezed his hand, and he said, I’m married, and she said, I’m scared. She was beautiful. Me too, he said.

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T 5653

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He yelled, and yelled some more, and she said, You must like beating dead horses. You’re prettier than that, he said. And then they made up.

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T 5652

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She said she’d had enough of their relationship, and he asked why. She said, You’re a victim and you’re self righteous. And he said, I know.

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T 5651

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

You’re being prickly, she said, and he ignored her, but their kid thought it hilarious and she said, Not like that, but the kid didn’t care.

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T 5650

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

Someone says, This brand has lost its way, and someone else says, No it’s just in the toilet, and then everyone jetted off to Italy and ate.

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T 5649

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I asked why I had become his enemy. He told me it was because I liked cake. He was into pie, he said. And I took the information like a man.

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T 5648

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

Jones stepped in it and Martin said, What’s the vig on that fug? They both laughed. Like men. Then Jones shot his partner. Shaddap, he said.

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T 5647

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He lied to her and said, I’m a biochemist. She said, I’m a vegetarian, and he didn’t know what this meant because she had just lied as well.

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