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Floyd Nease's avatar

So good. So ironically real. Tried to read it to my wife, but she finally said, “If you can’t read it without cracking up, stop reading and send it to me.” I did. Then she started reading it back to me as she cracked up. Thank you for the light moment in the midst of all the darkness.

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Thanks for the kind words. Your household must be fun if you both appreciate my warped sense of humor! :D

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Robert Melos's avatar

This was too close to real. Hard to tell it was satire. They really are this stupid.

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Lisa Leonardi's avatar

I agree Robert....

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Me too! :D

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R. Walters's avatar

I do love these articles. In the midst of our current crisis in the US, it’s still good to laugh. Sometimes the laughter is all that keeps me from crying.

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

I agree. Writing these is the only thing keeping me sane!

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Susan G Unkert's avatar

Fuck no

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Kay-El's avatar

Hilarious, but what does it say about the timeline we live in that people aren’t sure if this is satire.

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Good question! We're doomed?

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Kay-El's avatar

My magic 8 ball won’t answer.

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

MAGA FAN: "Magic 8-ball, will Trump turn around the economy?"

[MAGA FAN shakes a bowling ball and then tries to peer into the finger holes.]

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Stephen Wunderlich's avatar

Are we sure this was NOT a parody????!!

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

This one is the least satirical thing I've ever written :D

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Stephen Wunderlich's avatar

I believe it. tRump and the Rat are making your life easier!

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Beth A.'s avatar

“Tread on me Daddy”!!! That’s the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it!

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

I think "Tread on me, Daddy" every time I see one of those bumper stickers out on the road.

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Linda Paul's avatar

Just WOW! Are these real people?

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Just about, it's so close to reality except for being a little more articulate for comedic intent :D

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Cheryl's avatar

This article has to satire. Just can’t be real.

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Peter Oca's avatar

After the birth of the malignancy called MAGA, you'd be surprised.

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Trump sprints a race into absurdity we satirists can barely keep up with!

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Peter Oca's avatar

Barely is right! 😫

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Karen Carlson's avatar

Sorry, I love humor but this is too much to be funny to me.

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Kathy H's avatar

I got to that point with Scott Adam's "Dilbert" in the 90s. I worked at a large, hugely profitable company that implemented globalization, downsizing, politics, & all the mind-blowing atrocities that has become standard business now. So many lives ruined, I just couldn't laugh anymore. Now that the poison of the cheif Felon & Maga has taken over, I feel like my old truck trying to start with a dead battery...rrrr...rrrrr...r...it's really hard to laugh, to find any humor at all. But, I don't think we want to let them take that from us, our spirit, our ability to laugh IN THEIR FACE! Together, we will remember to laugh AT them. 💖

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Marnie Screams Into the Void's avatar

Ralph Poore. That made me laugh even harder than poor Marilyn having "diabetes in her legs"

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Lol nice! Thanks for reading and glad it made you laugh!

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Susana Salgado's avatar

Oh good, it’s satire. You had me going there!!

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Tani F. Cornelius's avatar

Fun piece, thanks!

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The Halfway Cafe's avatar

Thanks for reading! :D

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