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Heard it Through the Grapevine
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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.

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

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

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Make the absurd absolutely and completely normal.

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

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

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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.

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

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The dog ate my homework.

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