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tcr!
· Sep 13, 2018 at 1:12 pm
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This story takes place in a public restroom. You’ve been warned…
So I was in said restroom and there was a guy in the stall. I knew this because he was talking on the phone in between gaspy grunts.
After I washed my hands and opened the door I so wanted to yell out, “HE’S TAKING A SHIT!!”
Because whoever he was talking to deserved to know this kinda thing.
tcr!
· Sep 12, 2018 at 1:25 pm
Do with this what you must:
The paradox of tolerance was described by Karl Popper in 1945. The paradox states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant will eventually be seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Popper came to the seemingly paradoxical conclusion that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.
—Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
tcr!
· Sep 12, 2018 at 11:26 am
Audio (MP3): 20180912 - Stuck behind a school bus
Sometimes when I’m going to work I get stuck behind a school bus. And then I roll my eyes… Today I watched a handful of parents corralling their kids, funneling them toward the awaiting bus. There were enough kids that I needed to count them so as to know when I could be on my way.
🚌
And then everything changed.
Two of the kids were swaying, almost dancing. Little horses waiting to run. Smiles on their little faces, overly eager happiness as they waited their turn to board. Their day ahead would be magical. It already was.
“We’re gonna do math and reading and writing and maybe some science.”
Very well written , thank you
tcr!
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:12 pm
No, thank you! :)
connolly
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:26 pm
Congrats job well done
tcr!
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Thank you 🙏
Desirae
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:32 pm
Absolutely beautifully written! Brought a tear to my eyes thinking of my girls. Thank you
Lange Castronova
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Love is love no matter where you live!
tcr!
· Sep 12, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Exactly
Stewart
· Sep 12, 2018 at 1:15 pm
World peace starts in the hearts of every individual. Thank you for setting a good example.
Kelly K
· Sep 12, 2018 at 11:26 pm
This is beautiful and puts things in perspective.
Irene
· Sep 13, 2018 at 2:25 am
Love it! Very well written
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 12:32 pm
Audio (MP3): 20180910 - Each and every fallen crumb
As I was sitting again at a stoplight on Randall Road this morning meagerly minding my own matters, I casually looked to my left and noticed a dude in a car beside me having his breakfast. It was an Egg McBiscuit from McDonald’s. Or whatever they call them.
In another era I, too, ate mobile breakfast sandwiches behind the wheel before work so I knew of his quest.
curtains
· Sep 10, 2018 at 1:07 pm
People watching is true entertainment! Thanks!
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 1:49 pm
You are most welcome!
Mark
· Sep 10, 2018 at 1:07 pm
thats 3 minutes of my life i’ll never get back
Cmon Eileen
· Sep 10, 2018 at 11:37 pm
Were you waiting for the biscuit eater to toss his trash out the window and speed away? I was.
Mark
· Sep 11, 2018 at 3:07 am
and then go to a mattress store where the power was out and run into a skunk
Kelly K
· Sep 10, 2018 at 1:32 pm
Great imagery!
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 1:50 pm
I do what I can while waiting in traffic.
tamaraholby
· Sep 10, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Great read!
Dorencz
· Sep 10, 2018 at 3:18 pm
Your story is way better than the guy I saw picking his nose yesterday. 😂
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:20 pm
The next time he does that just honk your horn. Ain’t nobody need to see that.
Ritch Ason
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:12 pm
This makes me want to write about what I did one time…I was eating a sandwich, putting on mascara, and driving with one hand. I was young. And I was speeding down route 64…I got pulled over. And my license was expired by one week. Into the clink. My one and only time lol.
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:13 pm
What kind of sandwich?
Ritch Ason
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:31 pm
I believe it was some sort of ham and salami I worked in the deli at the Walts grocery store in Wheaton and they sent me for a deliver to Saint Charles. All the butchers were really good looking (my future husband was there) so I was getting dolled up. LOL….
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:48 pm
I knew there was a boy in your story somewhere 😊
Ritch Ason
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:13 pm
Uh oh I better delete that lol
Angie Bee
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:20 pm
Gifted writer, you are
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:50 pm
You I give thanks 🙏
nis
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:31 pm
I LOVE this!
jentel
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:53 pm
We need to get you some books on tape or an Audible subscription for your travels. 🤔
tcr!
· Sep 11, 2018 at 9:25 am
I have a hard time with Audible. People going on and on about how they were listening to podcasts with it but then I go and look how to get my podcast listed with them. Did I find anything helpful? No, of course not. I can’t have nice things.
Anna KL
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:53 pm
This is cool 😂👍
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:50 pm
Thank you! 😎
tamaraholby
· Sep 10, 2018 at 5:04 pm
I once saw a man playing a guitar in his car on 88
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:50 pm
I hope he was in the backseat 🤭
tamaraholby
· Sep 11, 2018 at 8:39 am
no front seat , driving
jfender
· Sep 10, 2018 at 5:20 pm
Dr Pepper for me!
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:49 pm
Dr. Pepper is the only thing I’ll drink at Doughocracy in Geneva.
sinceresarcasm
· Sep 11, 2018 at 12:53 am
How are you at public speaking??
tcr!
· Sep 11, 2018 at 7:23 am
I do fairly well once I get going. It’s that whole anticipation thing though. Driving to the speaking engagement and all I can think is… what if when they call my name and I’m walking to the head of the class, my left shoe is haphazardly tied and I do the typical impromptu trip/fall but this time I’m not able to roll it into a saving grace, come out on top like champ somersault.
sinceresarcasm
· Sep 11, 2018 at 2:13 pm
Have you ever heard of The Moth?
tcr!
· Sep 11, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Yep! My girlfriend and I were at their Technology storyslam in Evanston this past June. It’s also one of my favorite podcasts.
sinceresarcasm
· Sep 11, 2018 at 9:40 pm
Yessssss!!!! I so want to enter and make my way to the GrandSlam! You would be great on stage!
tcr!
· Sep 11, 2018 at 10:19 pm
Do it!!!!
vk swartz
· Sep 11, 2018 at 7:08 am
Enjoyed your story!
Redmond
· Sep 12, 2018 at 11:20 am
You had me at ‘crispness’
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 9:01 am
🐝 💚 #photos #bees #moonflowers
Momma J
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:13 am
He just bebopped in!
tcr!
· Sep 10, 2018 at 4:43 pm
haha! Yep. 😊
tcr!
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:19 pm
I just spilled couscous on the kitchen floor. What’s the best tool to clean it up? Broom? Vacuum? Anteater?
Really, I’m thinking I may have to move… 🤔
Katie Jo
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm
Cooked or uncooked?
tcr!
· Sep 9, 2018 at 5:13 pm
Cooked. I can’t even look at a raw couscous. Have you seen that stuff? 😳
jschmuckal
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm
Been there. Broom what you can and vac the rest. If some got under the cabinets, use the crevice attachment. Oh, and take your shoes off…..that cous cous is like little ball bearings….:D
lili
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm
Dog?
jschmuckal
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm
COOKED? Yes, I agree, dog is best.
hodges
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:23 pm
Bring in a pet or let your cleaning crew do it. This is really dumb it’s not nuclear waste or asbestos for god sakes. Just figure it out.
tcr!
· Sep 9, 2018 at 7:43 pm
😉
debbie
· Sep 9, 2018 at 4:24 pm
DOG
Put a rug over it
tamaraholby
· Sep 9, 2018 at 7:41 pm
Possum
Mona
· Sep 9, 2018 at 8:22 pm
Is it Moroccan couscous or Israeli couscous? Cause that Israeli stuff is not playin.
sveagrabarek
· Sep 9, 2018 at 8:38 pm
You could get a cuscus. It’s spelled almost the same and this is apparently an omnivore. Make him earn his keep?
Galvan
· Sep 9, 2018 at 8:44 pm
I have what I call the brown vacuum with 4 legs 🐶
liz
· Sep 9, 2018 at 9:03 pm
Omg, I feel your pain!! Rice, quinoa…arrggghh
Wallace
· Sep 10, 2018 at 10:38 am
borrow some1’s dog
Momma J
· Sep 10, 2018 at 11:28 am
I just Googled Couscous to see what it was
tcr!
· Sep 7, 2018 at 12:41 pm
--- Original Message --- From: Magdelyn Annabell Subject: Weekly Wrapup Email Date: September 7, 2018 at 10:20:18 AM CDT Hello to parents, This is our first student weekly wrap up email, so students are editing this to include other information at the top. My grade in Science is currently: A I have the following activities as a NHI that I need to complete and mark on the Late Work Notification Sheet in Class: None Our next Test is: Friday the 14th Have a great weekend, your daughter Maggie who thinks this is pointless :)
keamoose
· Sep 7, 2018 at 12:52 pm
My friend’s daughter just started school, and he was telling me all the parents are required to download a secure app on their phones for school communications and verify their identity by scanning a QR code. So at least you only get a pointless email. 🤣
tcr!
· Sep 7, 2018 at 1:56 pm
My mom used to get a letter in the mail. That seemed a whole lot easier 😊
keamoose
· Sep 7, 2018 at 2:08 pm
As far as I remember, we just got a report card at the end of the term. Typing that just caused a sudden flashback to grade 6, where the teacher insisted that she had to put the report card envelope into our backpacks herself instead of handing them to us (apparently this would somehow prevent us from opening and reading it?) I was the only one in my class who objected to this, on the grounds that she had no right to put her hands in my backpack, not to mention her idea was stupid because I could just take it out again as soon as I left the room.
I’ll add from the vantage point of several decades later, it was in fact MY report card and I should be allowed to read it. I don’t quite recall, but I must have eventually caved because she said wouldn’t let us leave otherwise. I wish I’d held out a bit longer, because eventually she would have had to give in or she’d have gotten in trouble. My mom would have backed me on that. Wow, apparently I’m still a little mad about this. 🤨
Anyway, I guess the direct emails to parents are the logical extension of kids not being permitted to read their own report cards back in 1991. And I stand by my 11-year-old self’s protest.
Kelly K
· Sep 7, 2018 at 11:40 pm
This seems to be indulging helicopter parents. Let the kids breathe for crying out loud!
Momma J
· Sep 8, 2018 at 12:10 pm
This is priceless!
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Karly · Sep 13, 2018 at 1:43 pm
I agree. This is “need to know” info for the party on the other end of that call.
Maybe I should’ve asked him how long he was gonna be in there because I gotta take a dump, too.
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The guy next to me literally was just doing the same thing. Also his text message alert was ducks quaking.
Karly · Sep 13, 2018 at 2:02 pm
https://youtu.be/COJ-FYYODI4
Well I am in Oregon so he probably went to UO. 😉
Ah.. the quacking duck sound 🦆🚽
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I seriously question using phones in the john. Every time we visit Las Vegas…yup, phone in the john.
It seems to be pretty common place here in the states. And what with the new iPhone XS Max I can only assume Fortnite will be come only that much popular around the loo.
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