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Maxine BurstonMurray BurnsMurr Stories 04-07

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  • Living In The Wrong Story
  • Leaf It To Herb
  • Herb's Big Dinner Date
  • Holiday at the Winery
  • Living In The Wrong Story

    I don’t even know why I bother looking at the menu at this point. I know what I am going to get and the waiter does as well because I have been here every damn Friday night for the past 3 weeks. The waiter knows and I know, I am going to put the menu down look up at him, smile and ask him for the Eggplant Parmesan as if I am twww.onedoor.ccrying it for the very first time and hope that it is as good as I have heard. Do I need to stop coming to this place? Why yes I do. Because let’s be honest the eggplant parmesan is not good in the slightest. But the problem is I don’t know how to let go of what once was a...h7Sone door

    Leaf It To Herb

    Leaf It To HerbDeath/Dark Humor Henpecked (Hĕn’-pĕct): Dominated or harassed (usually a man by a woman) with persistent nagging; Herb.It is sometimes difficult to ascertain with any degree of accuracy the exact moment when a man loses it, succumbs to the inner evil that lurks within, and crosses over to the dark side. Is there a point where a single drop of water can sink a ship, one more degree of temperature causes the pot to boil over, or one more screeching syllable from the tormentor pushes a man over the edge? Let’s find out.“Hey, Herb.”“Hey, Barney.”“You figure out what you’re going to ...h7Sone door

    Herb's Big Dinner Date

    Herb’s Big Dinner Date“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”-Mark TwainWhat’s in a word? Herb was about to find out.                                              Henry: hĕn’-rē;  Henri’: hĕ-nrē’.Herb forgot the lessons of Sister Mary Margaret. It matters what syllable gets the accent. Likely a distinction of no consequence in most instances, other than revealing your lack of understanding of the English language, but if you are operating on a limited budget and trying to impress, the difference can be disastrous.Herb was spellbound, mesmerized by th...h7Sone door

    Holiday at the Winery

    Like a lot of folks around the holidays, Mary loved to watch the classic holiday movies from It’s a Wonderful Life to Miracle on 34th Street to Home Alone and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. She always related to the well-known scene in Christmas Vacation and the exchange between Clark Griswold and Mary—the department store sales assistant/cashier. She found humor in the scene because she also worked as a cashier and sales assistant in a small village holiday store albeit they didn’t sell lingerie. Mary was on the later side of her fifties and had been porced for twenty plus years. She ...h7Sone door

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