Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 1385

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He fell comically down the stairs. Well, comically to everyone except himself. To him it was tragedy. I like Groucho Marx too, his wife said

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Twister 1459

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I don’t have the time or energy, he says. I have three kids, she replies. He looks her up and down. Lucky I don’t believe in guilt, he sighs

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Twister 1571

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was going to teach his son to be a respectable man. He cleared his throat and spit on the ground. His son did the same. Attaboy, he said.

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Twister 1708

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They had some kids and sailed through life, buffeted by winds they never expected and then one day over breakfast, she said, What day is it?

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Twister 1826

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She comes home and tells her mom that wild horses ran through the school. And we’re having a bake sale! she says. And they’re serving steak.

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Twister 2002

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Something’s not right, she says entering the room. And he thinks of the world’s ills: poverty, war, golf, trans fats. I farted, he admitted.

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Twister 2079

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They aren’t surprised to wake up next to each other. Years later all is revealed on his deathbed. The shocked wife writes a lurid bestseller

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Twister 2216

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After years of insomnia, the patient man became irritable. Angry. His wife was pleased. I’ve been awake nights all these years too, she said

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Twister 2317

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He trudged home from work and opened a beer. His kids immediately besieged with news of their day. He looked at them and said, I don’t care.

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Twister 2438

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He grew up in a kind family. He married his high school sweetheart. They had a beautiful girl. Years later, he reads her diary. And he dies.

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