{"id":5621,"date":"2023-05-17T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T02:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2023-05-17T19:11:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T02:11:27","slug":"ralph-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/blogs\/100words\/2023\/05\/17\/ralph-does-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Does It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Ralph’s door was a shrouded figure\u2026<\/p>\n

“Time to go, Ralph.”<\/p>\n

“What?”<\/p>\n

“I’m Death. And no one cheats me.”<\/p>\n

“Come again?”<\/p>\n

“Your time’s up. C’mon.”<\/p>\n

“Wait a minute. I cheated my way through school.”<\/p>\n

“So what of it?”<\/p>\n

“Well, I cheated my way through work and two marriages.”<\/p>\n

Ralph didn’t have time for this.<\/p>\n

“That’s nothing,” said the shroud. “Now you’re dealing with me.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, I cheated the IRS.”<\/p>\n

“Lots of people do it”<\/p>\n

“Really? I also cheated Mel Burstein at cards.”<\/p>\n

“What?”<\/p>\n

“You heard me,” said Ralph.<\/p>\n

“Mel Burstein? No one cheats Mel and gets away with it.”<\/p>\n

“Exactly\u2026”
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Guest Contributor David Sydney<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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