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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Jimmy Doom

“Mercedes Benz still under dealer warranty”. Perfect!

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That's as true as it gets. Daddy would strangle their kid for voiding the warranty at an Uncle Eds

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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Jimmy Doom

Spot on but don’t you mean Greasy Bob’s haha. Uncle Ed’s popped in my head immediately. Those few words were so descriptive of the scene laid out.

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This one took a long time to get to. I aborted one about 500 words in, then had distractions both welcome and unwelcome, started this one and found a groove

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I was racking my brain for 'ERB'.

Was it a name?

You are very clever, Jimmy.

And you did it all in an engaging story!

Thank you.

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Just a chunk of that sign. I chose that chunk for the phonetics of it.

Glad you're still liking them J/S

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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Jimmy Doom

An Eduardo and Bevnap Man collab. You never know how support of an artist will manifest itself

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This is one of the few that I had a completely alternate ending for

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Aug 30, 2023Liked by Jimmy Doom

Love it. You wrote fiction, but you captured life.

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The real work is in digging in to the cracks to bring out the realism. It certainly helps that I prefer walking to driving and I observe. Glad you love it.

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This one made me think of the movie “SFW” and the conflict between Everything Matters and Nothing Matters. Loved it!

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Did you mean SWF? I know of that movie

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Nope - SFW which stands for So Fucking What - 1994 Reese Witherspoon and Stephen Dorff

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Oh cool. I love learning new stuff. One of my exes loved Stephen Dorff

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