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What Turning 30 Feels Like

I awoke with crack and a groan

In a house where I live on my own.

I ate soup from a can

‘Cause I’m an old man

And I still use a rotary phone.

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How To Become Student Body President In 2024

The homework problem said:

“What is the natural log of 4?”

I said “I was raised a middle-class kid, and I’m the only person on the debate stage tonight who has a plan to lift up the middle class and working people of America.”

Apparently, I got a perfect score.

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Of All The Laws That Could Backfire Magnificently, THAT’S Where You Draw The Line?

So memes are illegal in California

And guns are illegal in cities

And being illegal is totally legal

And we still haven’t freed the titties?

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Cletus Prepares For Hurricane Charlene

Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall.

Ninety-nine bottles of beer…

The weather is dicey

But plywood is pricey

Thus ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall!

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Port-au-Prince Palace Anyone?

We’ve talked about Chinese food

Being cats for many a year

And I have to ask if Haitians

Are missing a franchise opportunity here…

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Computer Tip #436

If you see a pig

Turning on your monitor

Makes it go away

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Week 1

Our beloved Seahawks from Seattle

Began yet another sports battle.

They sucked for a while

But left with a smile

‘Cause the Broncos looked more like the Cattle.

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But You Get A Cool T-Shirt! (Or Why I Stopped Worrying And Ran A 5K)

Somehow we went from running

To avoid becoming a meal

To paying $50 to run

To express the way we feel.

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Seriously, Why Can’t We Just Have Attractive White People Starring In Original Stories With No Agenda?

There once wasn’t a modern crowd

Compelled to cheer out loud

For a diversity quota,

Caring even one iota

That the princess was now unibrowed.

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An Introverted Friend Indeed…

Motivation is a friend

Who sets an inspiring tone

And would be a mighty ally

If they’d just pick up their phone…

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