Story archives - Most Popular from the Last 30 Days

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Alex

After our older son declared his desire to be a veterinarian, the seven-year-old said, "I want to be a Chinese man."

tags: humor childhood career choices crazy kids [add]

2009-06-10 10:59:45 / Rating: 294 /

Caribou

He deflated my heart so I deflated his tires.

tags: liar revenge fair [add]

2009-06-16 09:23:00 / Rating: 261.25 /

i've had better judgment

Imagine my relief in my decision to sit on the grass when the rock beside me got up and walked away, presumably to go play with the other bobcats.

tags: humor close call wild life little choices shape your life [add]

2009-06-05 10:35:45 / Rating: 256.5 /

Batman

My heart broke as I pulled the black cape around my neck and saw the tag that was labeled, "Does not enable you to fly."

tags: Batman cape fly superpowers children [add]

2009-06-23 15:42:36 / Rating: 254 /

KC

A couple of times down the hot metal slide and no one would know that I had wet my pants.

tags: childhood recess school [add]

2009-06-19 16:30:10 / Rating: 216 /

Nette

We almost broke up over whether or not to freeze bread.

tags: relationships [add]

2009-06-10 11:06:16 / Rating: 200.75 /

One little mistake

Having mistaken the Ben Gay for the KY is a error my wife has never let me forget.

tags: sex oops hot times [add]

2009-06-10 11:06:06 / Rating: 199.5 /

The one who is

I never realized organism and orgasm are such close words, until the day i made my science presentation.

tags: embarrassment humour presenting [add]

2009-06-10 11:00:03 / Rating: 189.25 /

I'm impressed but also sleep deprived.

My hamster has cleverly figured out how to detatch his water bottle and throw it across the room loudly when he's thirsty.

tags: pets hamster humour [add]

2009-06-19 16:23:55 / Rating: 184.25 /

embarrassed

We thought we were being so sneaky with our teenage sex rendevous, until we walked up the stairs to his room and heard his dad say, "Better make it a quickie guys."

tags: sex humor irony [add]

2009-06-19 16:30:01 / Rating: 182 /

Thornton Wilder Award Winner

My dad stopped complaining about my bad grades when I won $100 for a short story I wrote out of boredom during math class.

tags: writing school irony [add]

2009-06-19 16:30:56 / Rating: 181.75 /

Del

I went to the freezer for some tortilla wraps and found a dead owl in there instead.

tags: surreal dead owl [add]

2009-06-08 11:38:07 / Rating: 173.5 /

Alanna

The other mothers on the playground don't like me, even though they have no idea I'm the girl who gives their husbands $20 lap dances.

tags: irony risque [add]

2009-06-14 17:23:30 / Rating: 173.25 /

Ann

Quitting a job that you love is much harder when your boss starts crying in the middle of the conversation.

tags: resigning job boss [add]

2009-06-26 13:51:22 / Rating: 154.25 /

JJ

I was the maddest I had ever been when he forgot to wake me up for my doctor's appointment, until I found him sitting dead in his chair.

tags: anger death father [add]

2009-06-19 16:23:27 / Rating: 139.25 /

Molly

The first thing I noticed after my dog died was how much food was accumulating on the kitchen floor.

tags: dog need a broom [add]

2009-06-23 15:40:44 / Rating: 137.75 /

Still Romantic

While my husband (then boyfriend) proposed, I could see a man standing on a picnic table and peeing into the bushes in my peripheral vision - but it was the best night of my life all the same.

tags: romance proposal humor [add]

2009-06-23 09:49:48 / Rating: 137 /

Joe

My grandmother once challenged me to a drinking contest, then proceeded to concoct an elaborate plan to cheat and win that involved her identical twin sister... and people wonder where I get it.

tags: grandmother twin drinking contest elaborate plan [add]

2009-06-29 15:44:57 / Rating: 136.75 /

Ellyn

My husband informed me that he isn't a kid anymore because he eats his snack packs with a spoon.

tags: funny ironic child [add]

2009-06-19 16:28:05 / Rating: 131.25 /

Uncle Jesse

I tried karate at age 7 and quit after realizing it conflicted with watching new episodes of "Full House."

tags: childhood humor self-defense hobby [add]

2009-06-05 10:38:07 / Rating: 130.5 /

Jen

The first person to congratulate us on our engagement was a homeless guy who then proceeded to ask us for a dollar.

tags: proposal Green Mill homeless guy [add]

2009-06-24 12:40:40 / Rating: 129.5 /

LUYD

Your band's first official gig is not the best time to learn that your drummer is epileptic.

tags: concert drummer epilepsy seizure [add]

2009-06-26 13:41:16 / Rating: 128.25 /

yep

The first time I met my father was when he made a delivery to my house as a UPS worker.

tags: absent father UPS [add]

2009-06-26 13:43:24 / Rating: 115.25 /

Marie McCurdy

Last night I met a Recon Marine who moonlights as a clown at children's parties.

tags: Marine clown [add]

2009-06-19 08:55:36 / Rating: 111 /

Secret Shame

When she burst out laughing at the sight of me naked, I had the feeling that it wasn't gonna happen.

tags: humor nakedness [add]

2009-06-29 15:47:51 / Rating: 109.75 /