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Al Batt: Wobble stoppers and dangerous restaurant booths are no yacht party

The day had a wobble in it.

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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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