Tagged: Food (993)

T 4190

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 24, 2011

He ate too quickly and an hour later said, I don’t feel so good, and she rolled her eyes and said, Don’t be so negative, so he ate some more.

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T 4183

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

The baker’s assistant flirted with my son. I was appalled by this and told her so. She said, I just made you feel old. I bought a croissant.  

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T 4182

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

She needed his help but he was conceptually incapable of empathy. You’re a big level of dumb, she told him. I like muffins, he said proudly.  

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T 4181

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

And then the family came to an end. A negotiation about pizza toppings had degenerated into memory and recrimination. And ultimately regret.  

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T 4166

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

This is the universe that I know, he thinks. But then she puts ketchup on his hot dog. Without asking. And he imagines a new Big Bang again.  

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T 4164

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

Dessert was served. He took her hand and stared into her soul. She drank him in. I have to poo, he said. And then she knew it was true love.  

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T 4161

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

She opened the fridge and spied the leftover Chinese. She took it out. From the bedroom he yelled, Did you just fart? And she said, Not yet.

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T 4158

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

We fumbled about in the darkness, burping up burgers, drunk on rum, and before fear could descend, we found the light switch. And the fries.  

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By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

She starts talking about her day and he says, I’m eating a sandwich here! and she stops and says, Is it ham? and she waits for him to finish.  

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T 4116

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 8, 2011

And then he said, That wasn’t easy, and he wiped his brow, and his wife said, You need more fiber in your diet, and he finally had to agree.  

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