Twisters

T 5176

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

The yelling ends and the echo of it recedes into silence. Awkward. Pregnant. How did you get your job? someone asks. The yelling begins anew.

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T 5175

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

The coffee was strong. Her cake was moist. But she kept refilling my coffee. And that made me squirm. I used her toilet. Then I had to leave.

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T 5174

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

The general said, I could use a sub. And so billions were spent to satisfy his request. Then he saw it. I should have said hoagie, he sighed.

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T 5173

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

The telepathic couple celebrated their newfound love with promises of fidelity and it was good for a while but 16 minutes later it was over.

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T 5172

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

He said, Are you an alien? I said, No I’m from Panama. He said, That’s so Van Halen dude! So I punched him in the face and they deported me.

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T 5171

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

The self-help-how-to author stands in front of the crowd and says, I’m miserable, and everyone laughs even when they realize he’s not joking.

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T 5170

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

Was it a crime to see her? Technically yes, but I don’t know. I brought her flowers. She said I looked really good. And I called her a liar.

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T 5169

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

And then he laughed at one of his father’s jokes. The room went quiet with the momentousness of the event. I can die now, his father sighed.

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T 5168

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

He worked for the company for 20 years, and they bought him a box of frozen steaks. A big box. But he was a vegetarian. Then they fired him.

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T 5167

By Arjun Basu | Published: December 13, 2011

They waited. Nothing happened and then something did. They kissed. I miss TV, one of them said. There was silence. And they waited some more.

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