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Slackjaw Humor Writing Challenge!
$2,000 in cash prizes and bragging rights to the winners.
Alex Baia
Aug 13
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Welcome To Your New Retail Job And Prepare To FIGHT!
Welcome To Your New Retail Job And Prepare To FIGHT!
Adherence to these customer-service principles keeps our team fun, fashionable, and alive!
Colin Heasley
Sep 18
Relationship Challenges With An Unyielding Beer Geek
Relationship Challenges With An Unyielding Beer Geek
He sees you at Craft Beer Cellar standing by the sours. He doesn’t know that you’ve just run in to use the bathroom. You figured a place…
Sandra Miller
Sep 18
Vibrator Attachments That We Could Really Use
Vibrator Attachments That We Could Really Use
Dear Big Vibrator…
Priya
Sep 17
Welcome To My Clown Doll Museum
Welcome To My Clown Doll Museum
Ahhh, welcome to my museum! Were you wandering around this half-empty strip mall looking for Thai food and stumbled into this unclearly…
Libby Marshall
Sep 17
26 Easy Steps To Making Friends in a New City
26 Easy Steps To Making Friends in a New City
1. Move to a new city.
Emily Clouse
Sep 16
We Know You Want An Update On The Asteroid Careening Toward Earth, But You Have Reached Your Limit…
We Know You Want An Update On The Asteroid Careening Toward Earth, But You Have Reached Your Limit…
We see you tried to read one of our many newsworthy articles with an attention-grabbing headline, not at all designed as clickbait…
Steph Westendorf
Sep 16
Everything I’m About To Tell You About My Craigslist Roommate Is True
Everything I’m About To Tell You About My Craigslist Roommate Is True
He has a snake…
Geoffrey Line
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Allow Me To Explain The Things Behind Me During This Video Conference
Allow Me To Explain The Things Behind Me During This Video Conference
My roommate, Chadwick, will be riding his Peloton exercise bike behind me during the entire meeting.
Lillian Stone
Sep 14
First Date Icebreakers For Northern European Medieval Enthusiasts
First Date Icebreakers For Northern European Medieval Enthusiasts
Who has been the most influential translator of Beowulf in your life?
Rowdy Geirsson
Sep 13
Welcome To Punk Rock Gymboree You Little Pukes, Who’s Ready To Mosh
Welcome To Punk Rock Gymboree You Little Pukes, Who’s Ready To Mosh
My name is Ratface Hector and I’ll be guiding you through orientation.
Matt Husser
Sep 13
You Bet Your Ass I’m A Team Player
You Bet Your Ass I’m A Team Player
Great teamwork means great listening, and when I’m listening, you’ll feel it.
Alex Baia
Sep 12
Welcome To The United Airlines Economy Minus Program
Welcome To The United Airlines Economy Minus Program
Thank you for purchasing an “Economy Minus” ticket, recently debuted here at United Airlines. A few things to note about the United…
Dustin Holloway
Sep 12
Hey, Buddy, Just Heard About Your Divorce, And Wanted to Say… Can I Get That Wedding Gift Back?
Hey, Buddy, Just Heard About Your Divorce, And Wanted to Say… Can I...
I don’t know what to say, man, except that if a couple as great as you and Pam couldn’t work it out, who among us can? Oh, and also, did…
Shannon Reed
Sep 11
Welcome to Improv 101! Get To Know Your Classmates
Welcome to Improv 101! Get To Know Your Classmates
Janet: Tired mom who’s taking this class “for me.”
Jacob Kaplan
Sep 11
Your Audience Question At This Comic Con Panel Was So Good, I’d Like To Offer You A Job
Your Audience Question At This Comic Con Panel Was So Good, I’d Lik...
Welcome to the team, smarty-pants!
sarah james
Sep 10
The Empty Support Group For The Socially Anxious
The Empty Support Group For The Socially Anxious
“It’s amazing what ingenuity you’re all capable of when avoiding the horrors of a group circle.”
David Farr
Sep 10
How To Turn Your Office Into A Comedy Club No One Can Leave
How To Turn Your Office Into A Comedy Club No One Can Leave
The hardest thing (That’s what she said! Remember “The Office”?) about clowning around in the workplace is not turning it into a one-ring…
Alex Watt
Sep 9
How To Use A Public Restroom While Wearing A Romper
How To Use A Public Restroom While Wearing A Romper
You got this.
Allison Hirschlag
Sep 9
Our New Weight-Loss App For Kids Is Totally Worth The Risk
Our New Weight-Loss App For Kids Is Totally Worth The Risk
A letter to reassure our investors.
Audrey Burges
Sep 8
6 Things That Happened To Me When I Left My Phone At Home For A Day
6 Things That Happened To Me When I Left My Phone At Home For A Day
1. I Began to Really Notice My Surroundings
Andrew Knott
Sep 7
No Matter What Happens, I Won’t Break Eye Contact Until Your Story Ends
No Matter What Happens, I Won’t Break Eye Contact Until Your Story ...
I can see you’re beginning to get nervous. Moments ago you had all six people at the table locked into this story about the time Willem…
Christian Harrington
Sep 6
Five Acceptable Excuses for Cranking Up A Leaf Blower Before 7 A.M.
Five Acceptable Excuses for Cranking Up A Leaf Blower Before 7 A.M.
If you have to wake the neighbors, there should at least be a good reason for it.
Andy Spain
Sep 5
Please Grant My Make-A-Wish To Fight Zdeno Chara At Center Ice
Please Grant My Make-A-Wish To Fight Zdeno Chara At Center Ice
Nick Logsdon
Sep 5
Help! I’ve Watched Normani’s Music Video “Motivation” 153 Times And Now I’ve Lost All Motivation
Help! I’ve Watched Normani’s Music Video “Motivation” 153 Times And...
Help! Two seconds into watching Normani’s new music video “Motivation,” I got so excited that I attempted a death drop, which I cannot do…
Daisy Hobbs
Sep 4
An Average “Back to School Night” in the Era of Mass Shootings
An Average “Back to School Night” in the Era of Mass Shootings
“Lockdown, Lockdown, Lock the door Shut the lights off, Say no more Go behind the desk and hide Wait until it’s safe inside Lockdown…
Elly Lonon
Sep 3
Is Everybody Mad That I Ate (a Variety of Eggs for) Lunch at My Desk?
Is Everybody Mad That I Ate (a Variety of Eggs for) Lunch at My Desk?
August 10 | 2:59 p.m.
Emily Clouse
Sep 2
What Your College Major Says About Your Life Post-Grad
What Your College Major Says About Your Life Post-Grad
Discover how your life has unfolded.
Sarah Garfinkel
Sep 2
Hobbs and Shaw Compare Emotional Scars
Hobbs and Shaw Compare Emotional Scars
‘Hobbs and Shaw’ raced to the box office this summer, but one bewildering scene was left on the cutting room floor.
Matt Husser
Sep 1
We’re Your Credit Card Company and We Accidentally Posted Your Personal Data across the Internet
We’re Your Credit Card Company and We Accidentally Posted Your Pers...
Good morning, beloved customers!
Bob Vulfov
Aug 31
Help, My Son Is Broken
Help, My Son Is Broken
The following is a phone call placed to Best Buy by a concerned mother.
David Farr
Aug 31
A Dating Glossary By A Mother With A Stubbornly Childless Daughter
A Dating Glossary By A Mother With A Stubbornly Childless Daughter
I just want what’s best for me: a grandbaby.
Megan Broussard
Aug 30
We Ran A Great Mayoral Campaign But The Dog Beat Us Fair and Square
We Ran A Great Mayoral Campaign But The Dog Beat Us Fair and Square
The townspeople have spoken: they want Baxter, a 5-year old golden retriever to continue being their mayor for the next four years.
Keaton Patti
Aug 30
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