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Day: August 16, 2020

Bizarro

I feel bad for comedians and satirists these days. The stories and jokes they can come up can’t compete with real life.

bizarro is the only word I can come up with.

Unknown's avatarAuthor Billy MacPosted on August 16, 2020Categories UncategorizedTags blog, blogging, humor, journal, life, life observations, random, real world, satire, stuff, writing9 Comments on Bizarro

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