"The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate!" – Terry Moore
Note: Special thanks to oilpaints for the cover featured above!
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"This is Waffle Cones, and we're out of stock until Sushi goes to the store and grabs some more ice cream."
"I marvel at your Caller ID prediction skills."
"I marvel at your sarcasm skills."
"Sarcasm is my ally. You're the foe."
"How sweet. What's that sound?"
"What sound?"
"It sounds like someone's strangling an elephant."
"That's the sound of my brother singing in the shower."
"Oh shit, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to insult him or anything."
"Are you kidding? Insult? If that was an insult in your books, mine must be like sharp knives stabbing my brother until blood leaks out of his body and he drowns in his own mixture of haemoglobin, plasma and platelets."
"What the–"
"I have a Biology exam the day after tomorrow."
"Ah, that explains."
"Oh, wait a sec. I have to go grab some snacks. Conversations are super draining."
"Aye aye, captain."
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Waffle Cones (#1)
Short Story"Hello?" "Um, hey?" "Wait, you don't sound like my Aunt Kathy." "Unless I was miraculously converted into a member of the opposite gender and somehow related to whoever is on the other side of this call, then yeah. I'm not your Aunt Kathy." ...