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Say the alphabet backwards three times in front of a mirror to show candyman he doesn't need to take your keys

Me: Oh how I long for death's sweet release! Also me: *takes fish oil supplement*

At the Mayo Clinic, please, my condiment is very sick

My parents were people of science, which is why my whole family was at the mall every Saturday collecting survey data about people’s acceptance of personal saviors.

Do you think God reads these posts? Or is he mostly on Instagram?

Once again confusing the way things are now with the way things are now for me

Happy Taco Twednesday

"You just gotta put one foot in front of the other...and then another foot in front of the other one...and then WHAT THE HELL?! You only have two feet?!"—my horse trying to motivate me

I miss you! [the aim of my blow dart gun wildly off]

I don't often make sequels but when I do I'm curious about what happened when I did

cool ranch (sarcastic)

Host: Let's play Wheel Of Ornithology! Me: Are there any jays? Host: No sorry Me: I'd like to buy an owl

I made you a lint golom from the bits of black t-shirt that get stuck in the sweaty folds gathering rapidly beneath my chin. But what did you ever make me, Kevin? Other than sad, I mean.

Tried to explain what a labubu is to my grandpa and he shot me in the leg

A Taco Bell drive-thru menu stands alone on a barren hill. A crowd gathers. Quiet. Waiting. Some sway & squint, wiping sweat from foreheads & necks. Others, exhausted, sit smiling on dry, patchy grass. A warm voice crackles from the speaker: “The Baja first shall be Baja Blast.”

I’m so glad our sun is too bright to see the baby in it.

My cat got diagnosed with a condition called “megacolon” which requires motility medication, daily laxatives, and occasional enemas. But it’s all worth it if I aggressively mispronounce it “M’Jaclyn” whenever we go to the vet. It’s a lovely name, really.

[missed connection] You — gently inspecting avocados for ripeness Me — surprised by the produce misters, yelling "Oh god! What the hell?!" as I stumble into a tower of lemons, sending them rolling in every direction, the manager and a security guard escorting me away

moisted by mine own petard

Brain: Kiss the girl Heart: Kiss the girl Butt: FART AS LOUD AS YOU CAN

You see a helicopter and feel a little jealous because mom said those are little sky diners where obedient children eat pancakes with angels, but now you’re grown and still believe in trading math facts for alley forts and prank calls and imagined best kisses; files full of helicopter recipes.

Me: Everything the light touches is our kingdom The light: [frantically washing its hands] ew! ew! ew! Why is it sticky?!?

do we have a famous pig named squealy dan yet urgent

One day you’re young and fun and the next you’re wearing readers to eat coleslaw.

Dracula: I have crossed oceans of time to find you. Me: Text me when you're outside.

Running a wild rolling hand down piano keys like a rockabilly landslide at every poor soul just too square to understand the euphemism, rock n roll was code for avalanche

Overdoing “on the other hand” alternatives for dinner to impress my octopus date

and every breath we drew was a labubu

Was it Ad-Rock or MCA who first said, “I’m Mike D and I get respect”?

Looking forward to the brisket that’s slow cooking in my Camry while I’m at work.

Maybe the movie was good idk I was looking up who plays distracted people maintaining a rl conversation on imdb

“Sorry, just seeing this!” -Me looking up at the sky for the first time in years

Put the seat down on that singing bowl.

Got fired from chik-fil-a for responding to all customer thank yous with “my plesiosaur.” Nobody even cared that I was always gesturing toward the nearby loch.

PUT AWAY YOUR THROWING DARTS, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.

Backspacing until the moment you were grown in a lab can be part of the editing process if just one of your scientists ran a sci-fi zine and read it to your petri dish

JORDAN PETERSON: (fighting tears) no, that does not follow. To say that California Pizza Kitchen implies the existence of the California Pizza Bathroom, is, simply, an illogical leap NOAM CHOMSKY: I see, so are you also in denial about the existence of Ruth’s Cross Steakhouse?

COPING WITH THE HELP OF DAISIES Marnie Wadsworth, Victorian child (deceased) sat next to a mulberry bush (long gone) in 1888, reading a book called this (out of print) nearby, her wiener dog Henry chased a bug (both deceased) and that’s enough and it’s not sad either

Listen. Some disturbing and upsetting things are about to come out about me. [slides newspaper across the desk with headline "Local Man Sculpts Ladder Out of Butter Hindering Firefighters at Deadly Highrise Blaze"]

Every time I get out of the shower my cat jumps in to lick up the water left in the tub in case you were wondering who the Sydney Sweeney of this O’Reilly Auto Parts is.

When I find myself in times of trouble, Cousin Larry comes to me

Me: I tried to change the wake-word on my phone from “Hey Siri” to “Ok Edge” so I could be like, “Ok Edge, play the blues” or “Ok Edge, set a timer for 15 minutes.” Now my flashlight won't turn off. See? Anesthesiologist: He's already counted down from 100 twice. Maybe just hit him with the mallet?

Making myself as big as possible and yelling I READ SOMEWHERE THIS IS WHAT TO DO as the cat continues eating my nachos.

Make, like, a tree.

Me: I'm sorry. I never know what to do with my hands, especially when I'm nervous Driving instructor: *screaming intensifies

Me: Chief, you’re gonna want to see this The Chief: you already showed me this one Me: what was your favorite part The Chief: the little dog with the tiara Me: haha yes

A horseshoe crab doing half a donut in a parking lot, what's next, a second one at the same time adjacently doing the other half of the donut in the same parking lot? Yes please it'll bother me otherwise