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Story 137

The Deadliest Scourge

Dressed in dark serge, family and friends converged at church to pray

that the soul of the dearly departed be purged. They immerged into

silent prayer and when they emerged, they were urged to generously

splurge, to fight cancer, the deadliest scourge.

Then as the choir chanted a doleful dirge, a surge of sorrow swept
the mourners to crying's verge.

Story 138

Failure Lurks

Hamahn is a Turk who came to the States and found work, as a stock

clerk. But over time he started to shirk his work, which made his boss
irk.

So Hamahn took another job as a soda jerk. But again, his interest did

not perk, and he greeted his customers with a sassy smirk. His new

boss said, “Hamahn, you have a most disagreeable quirk. You make the

clearest day seem as gloomy as murk. Therefore, you had best look for

other work.”

Hamahn replied, “ I care not Mr. Burke! Being a

jerk, is certainly no job for this intelligent Turk !”