Random/Drabble/Retirement

Where’s the Punch Line?

Randy Pulley
Fiction Shorts
2 min readJan 23, 2024

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Daily Random Word Drabble — Hang

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They had met at The Roasted Bean every Friday morning for the past twelve years; ever since entering the glorious world of retirement.

Arnold took a quick sip, “You gonna just let me hang here? You always do this!”

Huey looked down, “Ah. I never can remember the punch lines. I think it’s something about a one-eyed dog and something, something…”

“I wish just once you’d tell a joke and remember the punch line.” Arnold sighed.

“Next Friday.”

“Next Friday, what?”

“Next Friday I’ll bring you all the punch lines.”

Arnold shot Huey a long, pained look.

And farted.

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Randy Pulley
Fiction Shorts

Retired, enjoying finding the humor in life. Top Writer in Food.