Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2553

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

HIs parents told him they were getting divorced and he yelled, Today is so dumb it’s stupid! and it was so charming his parents reconsidered

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Twister 2700

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The jokes weren’t funny, but he laughed loudest. Because he told the jokes. And this appealed to her. But only because she was his daughter.

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Twister 2879

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She always wore open-toed shoes, to show off her pedicure. He was both a handsome man and a beautiful woman. Their children were disastrous.

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Twister 3038

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They fought over stupid things. Their children asked why they behaved with such naked brutality. And then learned of the many faces of love.

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Twister 3207

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They stood around talking about their kids, and then when they were sure their wives were gone, they talked about everything but their kids.

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Twister 3416

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bear came inside and growled, and the family sat at the kitchen table, mouths agape, and the bear said, I’m not a morning person either.

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Twister 3537

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The commotion took over the neighborhood and he realized he needed to explain himself. “I like my kids,” he said. “I just don’t like yours.”

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Twister 1

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid looks up at the candy bar and wonders how he can get to the caramel goodness inside without waking up the asthmatic narcoleptic cat

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Twister 457

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The lawn reminds me of my fourth wife; feral but sort of beautiful. The grass needs cutting, my son says. Oh, it needs more than that, I say

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Twister 213

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Ted would have won a Nobel Prize someday if the dog hadn’t eaten his homework. That’s what his dad told everyone at his high school reunion.

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