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Al Batt: Today’s not the day the teddy bears have their picnic
He had a voice like a truck rolling north on I-35.
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Al Batt: Take that job and shovel it — the song of the snowbound
I knew him a little, but not a lot. “How are you doing?” I asked.
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Al Batt: It’s a snowstorm — quick, everyone into the ditch
The Loafers’ Club was meeting at the Cafe. “Getting stuck wouldn’t be a problem if everyone drove as I ...
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Al Batt: I’ve decided to stop dancing on marbles and kicking snard
New Year’s resolutions are something we hope other people make.
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Al Batt: It’s snow joke — there’s no day for a snow day
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Have you ever had one of those days when everything went ...
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Al Batt: You couldn’t buy a single green Dot in the outhouse
It was back when rocks were soft and coffee came in only one size — a cup.
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Al Batt: There will be weather almost every day in 2023
The doorbell rang. I opened the door and a robed visitor accompanied by sitar music, walked in out ...
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Al Batt: Nothing says Christmas like lip lilac and a fruitcake
Lip lilac, visage violet or mug holly.
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Al Batt: There are no ordinary moments in this life
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Carl became a school bus driver because he hated kids. We ...
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Al Batt: I’m a wonder — I wonder what I’m looking for
I remember my uncle smoking cheap cigars. When flush with cash, he’d move up to affordable White Owl ...
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Al Batt: I can’t watch a basketball game on the toaster
I’ve oozed from the primordial soup. I’m threatening to become an owner-operator of a TV.
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Al Batt: I heard a muffled cackle at St. Aidan Cemetery
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Joe was dying. But he got over it. The report of ...
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Al Batt: Waiting into a river of proliferating procrastinators
“The Foolish Almanak For Anuthur Year” by Theodor Rosyfelt published in 1906, said, “It is said that nothing ...
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Al Batt: Never gamble more than your beneficiaries can lose
I’m not against gambling. I’ve purchased raffle tickets for good causes, entered a couple of March Madness pools ...
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Al Batt: This is not a bunch of dried Bullwinkle for this contest
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt A cow chip is no chocolate chip. I don’t see many ...
