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Androo Jaxon

December 14, 2016 6 Comments

Androo Jaxon

By Dick Halberstadt

Presidint Androo Jaxon wunce sed, “It’s a dam pore mind that can’t think of mor than won way to spel a wurd.”

Speling is hard. Maybee if I’d lissened to mizzus Joans in thurd grade I cud spel bettor. Jaxon was a purty gud presidint but I gess he didn’t lissen in third grade either. Since I can think of at leest too ways to spel any wurd, I must be kwalified to be presidint. Aparently speling is no longer importent, so when I run in the next elekshun my platform will be to abbolish thurd grade.

I’ll be a shoe-in.

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  1. Jerry Kamens says

    December 14, 2016 at 9:10 am

    Wel sed, Deck! Knot jest turd grayed, butt de rast uf skull 2!.

    Reply
  2. alphabetstory says

    December 14, 2016 at 9:13 am

    Entertaining!

    Reply
  3. azsalinas23 says

    December 14, 2016 at 10:01 am

    Most creative story I’ve read, in terms of composition. U tha man, Dik!

    Reply
  4. Letson says

    December 14, 2016 at 11:13 am

    You’ve got my vote. We’ve had enough of ’em who couldn’t think. Change it to WIT HOOSE. People wound think it was because you couldn”t spell. Just think: Yur Pltform could be: Let’s us-uns all go through life and no one will know whether or not we are mistaken or jus po’ spillers. JOIN EITHER PATTY: THE RE-PUL-UH-
    .SIVES OR THE DOOM-UH-CRUDS.

    I believe that you could start a new genre of witerature: Nitwit.

    Reply
  5. avalinakreska says

    December 14, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Like it – and the final line made me crease up.

    Reply
  6. Ilona Rohonyi says

    December 20, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    Very vell ritten! (Do you sometimes have trouble spelling that simple last name of yours?)

    Reply

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