25 Years Later
-You still have long hair
-I still have hair
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So there I was. Doing the 3 “R”s. Just on a basic level though. So everyone could follow.
Reading. ‘Riting. And ‘Rithmatic.
-Wow, that was an intelligent […]

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-Is that supposed to be that over there?
-Why don’t you put that tree in it?
-My daughter is a great artist.
-Did you mean to do that […]

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Milk
-You drank how much milk in America?
-3 gallons a week
-But milk in America is terrible, isn’t it?
-It was fine in the tea
-It’s awful stuff
-Awful?
-Yeah, it’s […]

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You are an attractive woman. You have long curling dark hair that spills on your shoulders as you drive. You know you look good when […]

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-Excuse me?
-Hello
-You took a photograph of my house last week
-Ah
-Can you tell me why?
-Where do you live?
-On that road over there
-The house by the gap?
-Yes. […]

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Back when I had money and food I painted an Avocado.
A fruit, you say, spotting my first mistake. You’re wrong; my first mistake was […]

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Coat
-Hey, just the person I was looking for
-Why’s that?
-I’m going to Ireland in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if I needed to […]

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So I was looking at the couch the other day and I noticed my sister wasn’t sitting on it.
Usually she appears there from time […]

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Shipment
-Hello?
-Mr. gan Fhéile?
-Yes
-You filled in a request online for a quote on shipping personal effects from Kansas City to Liverpool?
-Yes, but only because when I […]

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Big Screen
-Hey!
-Hey
-Can I give you a beer?
-I suppose you can
-Do you want to see my big screen?
-I’m all right thanks, I’m not really a screen […]

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Cool Yoke
-Your flight okay?
-Grand
-And your stay with your Irish friends in that other American city?
-Great. They’re very well off
-How so?
-They had one of these really […]

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So I walk into an Irish pub, an authentic Irish pub no less.
The pub is located in the prime shopping district of a foreign land.
It […]

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Late
-Where the hell are they?
-What’s wrong?
-They’re not here
-When are they supposed to be here?
-They said they’d be here at 7
-But it’s only a quarter to […]

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The Netherlands
-Yes sir, can I help you?
-I’d like to send this to Holland please
-Okay, let me weigh it for you. Ah, if you want it […]

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Raining
-Hey! Haven’t see ya for ages. You’re looking well.
-Thanks. I started running some time back. I run every morning now.
-Good stuff. Where did you run […]

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Grass
-Cut your grass for you sir?
-No thanks
-I’ll do a good job
-I’m sure you would, but the landlord always cuts it, it’s his grass, and that’s […]

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Scene: Kansas City, cold, sunny, Easter
-You’re awful quiet
-I was born quiet
-Were you born awful?
-That came later
-Our doing?
-Is that a question?
-Have you nothing to say?
-I have […]

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Several years ago I was fortunate to be at a small party in a house in Dublin. Or Galway. Or Antrim. Or somewhere where I […]

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Transmission
-Hi, I’m with XYZ Transmissions and I’m just making a courtesy visit
-That’s very courteous of you
-Well, XYZ Transmissions are in the neighborhood, and I just […]

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