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Sandwich Bandit

July 6, 2022 9 Comments

By Denna Cole

Gerald stared hard at the table as he tried to recall his attacker, while his wife, Sarah, sat worriedly across from him. With a shaky breath, he described the scene.

“One minute I was bringing home dinner and the next someone knocked me down and stole my bag of sandwiches.”

“What did they look like?”

“I saw brown hair and blue. It was all a blur,” he groaned, rubbing dirt off his cheek.

Sarah glanced out the window at the neighbors walking past, with them a brown dog wearing a blue sweater.

“Gerald,” Sarah sighed, “you got mugged by a chihuahua?”

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Comments

  1. Elizabeth Zahn says

    July 6, 2022 at 8:49 am

    Well done! Thanks for the laugh!

    Reply
    • Glenda says

      July 7, 2022 at 4:31 am

      Great – love this!

      Reply
  2. Khadija Rashid says

    July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am

    superb!

    Reply
  3. David Berger says

    July 6, 2022 at 2:50 pm

    funny

    Reply
  4. Tom Baldwin says

    July 6, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    Loved it!

    Reply
  5. Bob says

    July 7, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    Fun story!

    Reply
  6. S. Webb says

    July 12, 2022 at 11:57 am

    Omg. A co-worker late to this morning because she was chasing her Chihuahua all over the neighborhood. Too funny. Thanks for the story.

    Reply
  7. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    July 16, 2022 at 10:34 am

    Hilarious!!

    Reply
  8. PAulene says

    July 16, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    So funny!
    Been a Chi owner myself so can totally relate. ?

    Reply

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