The Three Stooges
Sure, the guys cut up a bit and told dumb jokes, but they didn’t feel they should be made fun of and called the Three Stooges . . .
Fraught With Peril
Guilford and Kiki agreed Jazzercise was good for you, but doing it in the feeder seemed fraught with peril; poor traction, and the sparrows, not house trained, had been there first . . .
Got the Job
Kendrick was sure he would get the crossing guard job–the school didn’t even have to furnish him an orange vest . . .
Shaky Platform
Considering a late independent run for president, Ross Perot’s grandson was told by his campaign managers that his platform was pretty shaky . . .
Floxinoxinihilipilification
After a rambling monologue about his love for his girlfriend, Chris was told, “That’s Floxinoxinihilipilification,” and couldn’t decide if she was just trying to impress him with her language skills or if he’d been called by the name of one of the dwarfs in the Hobbit movies . .
Disappointed
Jeremy had gone through school telling everyone, especially the cute girls, that a famous spy plane had been named after him and his family–until he joined the National Guard at University. He was somewhat disappointed to finally learn in his ROTC aviation history class that it had been the SR71 Black Bird, not the SR71 Red Winged Blackbird . . .