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Cyn Taylor's avatar

Well...yeah!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

GREAT LINES HERE, MARK.

"A steady diet of triple mocha chocolate espresso coffees with three sugars and cream..." HA HA HA

"... all the writers were too busy ensuring they didn’t miss a day of their six-million-days-in-a-row writing challenge to notice." DARN! IT'S SO HARD TO COMPETE!

" I began my fourteen-hour wait to see someone employed in the medical field who was not yet a doctor." THIS WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WEREN'T TRUE.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Sharron. The truth is funny. Sometimes you have to laugh at the absurdity or you might cry.

Personally, I can’t write in a cafe. Too noisy. Too many distractions. I need quiet to write.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes, Me, too. Not even music.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Especially not music. Music always draws my attention. How can anyone write when Kung Fu Fighting is playing?!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

or Spencer Davis’ Give Me Some Lovin’?

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Right! How do they do it?

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Cyn Taylor's avatar

I am so enjoying your "Creative" Designer writing!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Cynthia. That was my design. 🤣

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

I can see my reaction in a coffee shop.

I see someone fall on the floor out of the corner of my eye. First thought: I should go help!

I look and notice it’s That Guy. The one always hogging the best places to plug in chargers. Y’know, I have limited medical knowledge, I would just make things worse, and these witty but brief comments won’t write themselves, right? Better to stay put.

He’s gone. Drat! Goth Girl got the plugs table. Too slow, too slow…

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Mark Starlin's avatar

A café writer captured to perfection. It sounds a lot like personal experience. 🤣

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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

I laughed out loud. Literally. I guess that LLOL. Thanks, Mark! I'm glad you didn't float away.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Richard. I try to avoid accidentally floating away when I can. What a hassle!

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3musesmerge's avatar

If you keep talking about donuts I’m going to have to go in search of one!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yeah? Get in line... ha ha ha

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I was here first!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

And the problem is?

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3musesmerge's avatar

No problem! I just might need to take longer walks! 🤭

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Mark Starlin's avatar

A win-win if you ask me.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"Spleens can make you faint?”

“Perhaps. If you unexpectedly see one on the floor....

No doubt.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It is not a pretty sight. 🤣

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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

Especially if it is yours!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Yikes!

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