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You're in a waiting room at a clinic that promises to cure writer's block.

Comedy

You'd never had a bus ride quite like that.

Comedy

You were ready to write the worst Amazon review ever.

Comedy

You have a writer's block breakthrough at the worst possible moment.

Comedy

You had the greenest grass around. No one's could be greener. Right...?

Comedy

You decide to buy a big school bus and to travel your country. You post an ad asking if anyone would like to join you. You're surprised by the number of people who show up.

Comedy

When an elderly person went to their local mall, they had no idea they'd wind up saving the world.

Comedy

That night, the action backstage was even more dramatic than the story unfolding onstage.

Comedy

Make the absurd absolutely and completely normal.

Comedy

It was the kind of Friday that gave new meaning to the phrase TGIF.

Comedy

It was the highest stakes game of rock-paper-scissors ever played.

Comedy

In the midst of writer's block, an author goes to sit at a bus station looking for inspiration. They get more than they bargained for.

Comedy

A sudden BANG! and puff of smoke emerged from a garage in a quiet suburban neighbourhood.

Comedy

The dog ate my homework.

Comedy

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