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Al Batt: Some Merles remember Donald and mesmerizing mural
I used to know a lot of people named Merle.
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Al Batt: Monster hiding under my bed was a family of muskrats
I was on a chicken bus in Mexico.
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Al Batt: Watching cricket races while thinking about flutophones and eating some Twinkies
The garage door opener is a wonderful invention.
Opinion
Al Batt: I was working on degrees in teetering and tottering
We knew little, but we suspected a lot.
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Al Batt: Fry me to the moon where no 2 snow cones are alike
I slipped the surly bonds of the unfair and leaped like a graceful gazelle onto the county fairgrounds.
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Al Batt: I stay by the grocery cart and guard the oatmeal
I was traipsing down the magically delicious aisles of a grocery store.
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Al Batt: I’m no Latin scholar — mea culpa isn’t my fault
I’d turn pro if there was an apologetic league. I can say “I’m sorry” with the best of them.
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Al Batt: Life can be a slippery slope, but it’s a fantabulous ride
We were as young as we’d ever be.
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Al Batt: I wonder what is a garbage disposal’s least favorite food?
I was eating one of the few things Joey Chestnut hadn’t yet devoured.
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Al Batt: I’m thankful dodgeball didn’t involve a Challenger, Charger, Diplomat or Dart
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt I woke up with a start in the middle of the ...
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Al Batt: Weather always happens whether we want it to or not
We’d be stuck for words if it weren’t for the weather.
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Al Batt: I remember my beloved father being much older than me
Ladies and gentlemen, horses and fleas, bowlegged ants and cross-eyed bees, I’ll be home for Father’s Day; it’ll ...
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Al Batt: I believe in letting my soggy smile be my discount umbrella
I’ve never seen it rain cats and dogs, but it’s going to rain when I see the Johnson’s ...
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Al Batt: Welcome to summer, start complaining about the heat for the next 93.6 exits
The average summer is supposed to have 93.6 days.
