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Super Short Scenes, Chapter 8 |
| Written by August Blackwood | |
| Sunday, 15 June 2008 | |
Subject: Ugly
Disclaimer: Please do not read this if you feel you would be easily insulted by this or had a history of bullying on the basis of appearance. Thank you.
I Thought My Mirror Was Lying To Me, But What The Heck? "Oh. My. God," Samantha said. "What?" her boyfriend asked her. "A zit..." "Where?" "On my chin." "Anywhere else?" "No." "Don't worry..." Samantha smiled. He finished his sentence, "...It won't be lonely for long." She was thirteen. She took her pillow and slammed it onto his head.
"U.G.L.Y. You're Ugly. Yeah, Yeah, You're Ugly."
"Damn! I love that song!" John exclaimed, sitting in his parked topless car. "Why?" his friend, Joe, said, "That's old. And it ain't funny." John waved his Popsicle in Joe's face and said, "It works on my girlfriend every time." "Oh, really?" "Sure." John looked across the road from where he and his buddy were parked and spotted a blonde girl crossing. No, two girls. No, three. "Hey, let's try that on them." He said. "No. No way," Joe refused. "Oh...come on. It'll be fun." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two days later, the police found two bludgeoned corpses in a dumpster behind a MacDonald's restaurant.
Hate Crimes "I'd like to complain about a hate crime that just occurred right under your noses!" an old woman said to two officers sitting in the security office. "All right, what happened?" "A woman just snickered at me, pointed her finger at me and said, ‘holy ****, what is that?'" "So, what do you want us to do?" "I'd like to be more appreciated, or at least, accepted around here. I don't want to be discriminated for my age." "You want to be appreciated?" "Yes, sir," "Yes, ma'am," he said, signaling the other one to make a phone call. The officer dialed a number and waited for a response, "Ah, hello. Yes. This is the Jackson Community College. Uh, I heard you were lacking in the number of artwork displayed in the dried apple section..."
Copyright 2008 August Blackwood |
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