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Jim Cummings's avatar

That is so friggin awesome that I may just quit writing and go back to playing bad golf.

Is this based on a real place?

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

No, it was just me ruminating on the things people overlook and undervalue.

And if there was a Bad Golf Hall of Fame I'd be first ballot.

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Patris's avatar

It’s nothing but brilliant and pulls on pieces deep inside..

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Carol Angel's avatar

Omg! Where do these stories come from? Just amazing!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

It's thrilling when you like them as much as you do.

I really thought by now more people would have come aboard, especially with all the positive feedback.

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Steve's avatar

The people that run those roadside attractions are usually more interesting than the attractions themselves. I've done a lot of traveling by car and stopped at many of those spots. Cool story. Not real heavy either.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I try not to be heavy all the time. I always, and I mean always want to write more humorous stuff but it's really time consuming to do it correctly and not have the whole story set up one punchline.

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Joe's avatar

What an inspiring story!

It feels like a documentary and reads like an episode of 'You Are There'.

Made me want to make the drive.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I love that everyone loves this one so much

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Jimmy, you have led such a vast life, and possess such a vast imagination----------------your readers adore you vastly!!!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

It's a beautiful thing to be adored.

The lack of growth of that audience to adore me is still astonishing. I mean there's none. Everyone knows what Tik Tok is, but they advertise everywhere. I've yet to see one Substack ad in the wild.

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

try one, Jimmy!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Oh, I've personally advertised. I went nuts trying to market and grow my Substack. I'd like to see the billionaire CEO spend some money to do it.

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Luke's avatar

Jimmy, once again you took us there. Well done.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks for getting on the tour bus

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Nance's avatar

Great one, Jimmy. I really liked it.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I'm really happy people were drawn to this one. I liked it, but I wasn't sure other people would.

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Patty Mallett's avatar

Really nice.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thank you. Unrelated, but since I have your attention, I just shared today's Frazz with my Harper castmate Angie Kane, who is a thru-hiker

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