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Henchmen

March 14, 2017 4 Comments

Henchmen

By Mark Cowling

Finding work is hard these days. So when employment with good health insurance came along, we grabbed it. Even if that meant working in a hidden mountain lair.

We have families, kids. We don’t want to blow up London with the giant laser we’re building, but do you know how much piano tutors cost?

There are certainly downsides, like being infiltrated by secret agents. Just today Bill and Dave were found dead near Shark Tank C. Then there’s the paperwork we must complete when that happens…

It wouldn’t be so tough, but we lost half our interns in the volcano incident.

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  1. Esme upon the Cloud says

    March 14, 2017 at 5:02 am

    Hahahaha this is great, the last line works a treat!

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    • djconnel says

      March 14, 2017 at 7:30 am

      I always wondered why the henchmen always fight to the death…

      Reply
  2. Bobby Warner says

    March 14, 2017 at 8:25 am

    A nice dollop of tongue in cheek humor. The last line is a topper. Liked it.

    Reply
  3. jfxmcl says

    March 15, 2017 at 11:00 am

    Nice a good story & also good start …

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