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This Puzzle on the Back of a Cereal Box is Driving Me Insane
I kid you not, I might lose my job over this sucker.
Uh oh.
I’d been hearing about environmentalism before, but I figured I could get away with simply smiling and nodding whenever somebody said “Al Gore” in polite conversation. In impolite conversation, certain other things would probably occur. But now I had to take an active role!
But I was going to work as the CEO of AIG (please, don’t hurt me). The NEW CEO. I’m not supposed to talk about the OLD CEO. Turns out he did a naughty with the financial markets. But, hey! It was my first day of work, and Obama gave me my job! How much more special could I get?
And yet…
Here I was, stuck, absent mindedly sipping my milk. Normally I’m not the puzzle type, but I had to help Jimmy! What kind of a pyschopath would leave a child to litter! The nerve!
Did I mention I’m not a puzzle person?
Okay. Deep breaths. I can go right or down. Let’s go right, it’s gotta be right (Ho, ho ho!). WRONG (Ha! Ha! Ha!). A thousnad voices decried my failure. I had let the kid down, I had failed!
To hell with it! I’m gonna cheat! I quickly erase the offending line while no one is looking. Take that, system!
Anger is setting in. Why me, Jimmy? What IS that anyways, a stick? Are sticks recyclable? That would be even worse than littering?
God must have taken pity by this point. I luckily guessed correctly for the rest of the forks, and came to the trash can. As I stared at the cardboard, I realized something.
The trash can was closed!
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Oh, Vertijaars, Vertijaars, Vertijaars…:D
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much in my entire life. Nor, do I think, have I ever gotten personal insight into someone’s life who is struggling with a kid’s puzzle!
Absolutely loved it…HILARIOUS- hope you don’t mind-I stumbled this and forwarded it onto a few other friends.
Thanks for the laughs!
-Fresh Writing
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Do I mind? The earnings numbers haven’t came in yet but you’ve single-handedly earned me 150 or so views
This beats all of my other, say 15 or so articles now.
Thought I’d mention that it’s vert(no i)jaars
. After seeing it wrong three times in the same sentence I overcame my laziness to point that out.
Good to know you appreciated it, I had fun writing it myself.
Enough to tear your hair out-that’s if you had any in the first place! Oh, and please see if you can get the makers of the cereal to LIFT the lid on the rubbish bin.
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Good thing you didnt call the 800 number to complain, I hear they want credit card numbers now-a-days…lol
(and yes, only you are going to get that)
It’s ridiculous!
Now I have to get a MasterCard to lift a trash can lid?