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Life is Stranger than Fiction

My friend, Juniper, got two speeding tickets in one day. One of them got thrown out on a technicality. Her vanity license plate said SACRED, but the cop wrote SCARED on the ticket.
I once left my journal in an Applebee’s restaurant after having lunch there. When I went back an hour or so later to look for it, I discovered that it was being used as a shim to balance a wobbly table.
I had an aunt named Alice Gertrude who went by the name “Gertie” and another aunt named Gertrude Alice who everyone called “Alice.”
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  • 1 cyn:

    My mother-in-law’s name was Marie Elizabeth and everyone called her Betty; her sister was Elizabeth Marie and everyone called her……..yup–Marie!! A big family and apparently, they ran out of names or names they liked!!
    I enjoy your journal!!

  • 2 Sherlock:

    When we came to visit you last year I thought it was odd that we drove on the parkway but parked in your driveway.

  • 3 Zee:

    Hmmm, having trouble coming up with anything really good, though my dad did go to school with a guy named “Charlie Brown.” 🙂
    I’m here via Michele!

  • 4 Claire:

    Hiya, Michele sent me…
    …now you’ve got me thinking…I once got really into telling my friend about a book I was reading by Margaret Atwood, when I got home I realised the book I was reading was by Margaret Astbury! I’ve now read many Margaret Atwood books and she’s made it to my favourite authors list so hopefully I won’t be making that mistake again!

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