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Why Do You Think They Call It “Dope”? by
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Prompted By Drugs and Alcohol

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Having never had a pot experience that was either pleasant or memorable, I just stuck to tried, true and non-felonious ethanol.
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I’ve Got A Crush on You by
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Prompted By The Crush

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The Gershwin song “I’ve Got A Crush on You” doesn’t really get the crush concept right. The lyrics say “You had such persistence, you wore down my resistance, I fell, and it was swell . . . . I’ve got a crush on you, sweetie pie.” So she’s singing to him after they get together.…
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Commenting Problems Update by
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(141 Stories)

Prompted By Procrastination

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Commenting Problems Update
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Promises, Promises by
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(25 Stories)

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I have a very bad habit of singing old commercial jingles over and over again. Especially when I’m using some similar product. Or just walking down the street. Sometimes when I brush my teeth I’ll hum, “You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.” Even though I’m using Crest. Afterwards,…
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Stendhal Syndrome at the National Portrait Gallery by
100
(194 Stories)

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I hadn't heard of this syndrome before it happened to me. At first I was surprised, but then later understood why it happened to me.
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Top Forty by
50
(88 Stories)

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Then came a series of questions about rock music, meant, I'm sure, to be my downfall.
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Chauvinist Pig by
25
(26 Stories)

Prompted By Women's Lib

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This time, the only thing missing is the piglet.
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Fit For Life by
200
(359 Stories)

Prompted By Diets

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Truth be told, I was always slender, but my weight varied by a few pounds in college. Then, along with my friends, I’d go on the Atkins Diet…no carbs, only protein and 8 big glasses of water a day. The weight would fall off me. I’d eat eggs, hamburger (you couldn’t get good meat at…
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To sleep, per chance NOT to dream by
50
(50 Stories)

Prompted By Pills

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Wondering where those demons of the night are coming from? Check your pill box.
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As The Irish Say: Me Mom by
50
(92 Stories)

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I hope when you grow up you'll have kids just like you.
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