Short Stories in 40 words or less

Part 5

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Underachiever

I had a system for getting exactly what I wanted out of people.

Calculated, cunning, and possibly vindictive.

The only downside is, it didn’t work on me.

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Talk about good service

Scrape after scrape.

Stone buns here, long frozen rods over there. Hard, then moist, then hard again.

I loved the way Herb defrosted the freezer.

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Why don’t you bury them?

There were 17 cats in Larry’s basement.

I asked him, how do you manage?

He said he just sprays a little Febreze and he’s good.

I guess taking care of anything is easy when it’s dead.