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DeeDee D's avatar

What with the strike and everything, Ive forgotten what fresh new comedy feels like! It feels AWESOME!

We need an award for most laughs in a single post... ‘cause y’all just won!

THANK YOU! 🤣😁🤣😆😂🤣

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I live in a semi-rural part of NY. the only excitement we get are nextdoor posts warning that someone saw a black person on their street

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

Well as long as they restrain themselves from adding "and I think he had an axe", I guess we're good.

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Amy's avatar

When I got to the”here is what everyone else is thinking...” and the text message pix of SANDWICHES... I truly, authentically, sincerely starting laughing loudly - out loud! And could not hold back the 😭. Husband stared and glared at me- he is watching football after all.

Merrill, this is hysterically funny but also wonderfully compassionate for the runaway teenager who did not have an 🪓 who was at risk of possibly being shot at by police.

My Brookyn Jewish Borscht Belt NY in me says to write ... “or was the compassion for the cat in the back pack!!”but I won’t do that.

You are hysterically funny both in words and pix. I love ❤️ you. But not like that. May you be inscribed in the Book of Life,cause Lord knows we will need to laugh!

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

Thanks Amy. How much are they charging for the book of life appearances now?

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Amy's avatar

I won lifetime credit on Price is Right

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Woke Marxist Pope's avatar

I know axes can sometimes be dangerous if mishandled but have you ever tried putting a cat into a backpack?!?

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

That is a very good point.

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Rose Marie Holt's avatar

They’d go on by themselves but then you’d have to be quick on the zipper

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Lucian K. Truscott IV's avatar

Time for a slow speed chase.

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painedumonde's avatar

Depending on the cat, things could've been way dicier.

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Mavis Jukes's avatar

Whew! Always so gratifying when a potentially disastrous situation ends up with a good sandwich. 👍🏼

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Lisa's avatar

So the kid was a cat burglar?

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Jeremy's avatar

God bless the comedy writers, for staying on brand in every possible situation. Also this is the best.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Not sure whether any of it is true, but an entertaining read. And I have lived in California but luckily in Laguna Beach in the 60’s when walking was fun. Now I’m hungry for a sandwich.

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

Totally true. And it was day before yesterday.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Thank you for setting me straight. I’m all for laughing (and dancing) my way through this retrograde era. Now I really must toss the cat off my lap and make some dinner. Keeping calm and carrying on . . .

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That's no lady!'s avatar

I want to party with YOU GUYS

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Joe Rhodes's avatar

Is it wrong that this makes me miss L.A.?

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Rose Marie Holt's avatar

It’s always in the back of my mind that Berkeley beats you on weird & Seattle on traffic.

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

A good argument can be made that Berkeley and Seattle both have city identity and are both better places to live. LA really does not have a city identity, except that a lot of television and film is produced here. And in both cases, they are trying to appeal to a mass market and so reject the idea of a city identity.

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Cat Cafe's avatar

Laughing out loud and had to read out the texts to my husband (because it's SO much funnier to have someone laboriously reading something out to you, than reading it yourself). TOO FUNNY, MM! --PP

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Laura Rebecca's avatar

I also live in Los Angeles and can confirm this newsletter describes a pretty typical occurrence around these parts. No notes.

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Merrill Markoe's avatar

Haa.

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Amanda's avatar

This was hilarious, as with all your writing.

But also, thank you for the addendum admonishing people not to add fake details about a suspect having an axe when writing a police report.

I live in Boise, Idaho, and last month police shot and killed a local man who was having a mental health crisis and did have a sharp weapon. The situation was horrifying and tragic, but it makes clear that when police are in fear, they often reach for weapons quickly. That isn’t a situation that works well for anyone. I’m so glad this event ended up with nothing but sandwiches ultimately being viciously attacked.

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Holly Starley's avatar

Hilarious! Thank you for finding the joke! 🤣

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