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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I'll take those real LOL's every time

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Lorraine Evanoff's avatar

Ha ha ha!! Much needed vibes. Thanks my friend 💕

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I'm glad this one sparked so much happiness

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Cindy O’Quinn's avatar

🥰😂

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks for reading, Cindy. Congrats on all the Stoker love

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Cindy O’Quinn's avatar

Thank you, Jimmy🖤

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Lenny Cavallaro's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this delightful tale! It reminds me of a true story from Scafati, Italy in the 1950s.

The phone service was notoriously bad, and to place a call from that town to Naples -- perhaps a 35-to-40-minute drive covering around 20 miles -- one would often be on "hold" for 45 minutes. On one occasion, an employee of my uncle had tried to reach him for almost two hours, whereupon he let out a string of invective, tore the phone off the wall, and hurled out the window. This solitary act touched off a "revolution"; soon half the phones of the town were lying in the gutters.

How similar to the legendary toilet of your narrative, which "went viral"! Happily, the angry consumers eventually got a somewhat improved service. I recycled and embellished this episode in my novel, IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE.

Again, gratitude for your post!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I remember the dreaded busy signal. Especially trying to win concert tickets from radio stations

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Lenny Cavallaro's avatar

...and I remember the "party line" telephone!

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Joe's avatar

Love it!

Who knew fiction could be so real?

Teens on toilets on longboards - that'll bring out the cameras.

Stay tuned.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I think I think I saw it once. I think I've seen a lot of weird shit once

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Patrick K.'s avatar

Drippy vibes… “wait for the shake!”

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Heather's avatar

This is the best thing I have read in ages.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

That makes me happy

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Patty Mallett's avatar

Love it—very fun!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I love providing fun

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PJ Ryder's avatar

Made me smile. Thin line between…

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Robert M Savage, Jr's avatar

This one is a lot of fun!

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