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MEMBER BLOG TAG: job

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 11:53AM
 
Swallow the Dollar
Tags: Satan, oil, food, job, conservation
 
Simple Bob stumbled along the broken sidewalk hoping to find a job, any kind of job, in the rusty industrial area. He had lived in a car for a while, his wife and children with him, until he had to sell the car to buy food and then had to leave his family because they couldn’t get government assistance as long as he was with them. Before him he spied a bill. He quickly looked to see if anyone watched and then hurried to the bill. It was a hundred dollar bill. When he reached to pick it up he saw that it was in a pile of dog excrement. “Pick it up,” someone said and Simple Bob saw Satan leaning against a huge hamburger with a slice...
 
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