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Games, Then And Now

Games Now

So each of you has a unique lord

That determines if you place your board

At the forest’s edge or river’s ford

Before you fight the endless hoard.

On your turn, you have three actions

To influence the seven factions

Through use of normal or dire impactions…

Oops! Here’s the glossary of contractions.

So, then, after the action phase

You choose which players fold or raise

And the loser of the wager pays

To choose which opponent the goblin slays.

Repeat like this for three more rounds

Until the hoard no longer abounds

At which point we imitate the sounds

Of the wyverns fleeing from the grounds.

The winner is the player who’s

Captured the most opponent’s clues

Without revealing their unique ruse

And after paying union dues.

Games Then

So you roll a pair of dice

And you move that many squares

And you pay each other money

Until no one really cares.

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2054: After Gen Alpha Parents Decided That Names With Letters Are Racist…

A # walked into a bar

Where an ! and a & are.

They met up with $

And the bartender hollered

“We don’t tolerate that $&#! here.”

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Somewhere, A Lawyer Is Crying

If you never wear black clothes

And walk through parking lots at night

While making deep eye contact

With your cell phone, you just might

Never get to call your lawyer

And get ten-mil in compensation

For no reason other than

Having your legs lose all sensation.

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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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It’s A Stalemate, By The Way. You’re Welcome

Oh muse, you flighty angel

Who fills my mind with light,

Why can’t you come when I’m working

And not the middle of the night,

For when I lay my head upon

My pillow, soft and dark,

I do not want to think about

Who would win: A truck or a shark.

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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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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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