Railing

 

Collins

The stairs to the basement had no railing. "No one ever goes down there anyway," he said. One day, they decided to sell the house. There was nothing but a small apothecary cabinet with empty drawers in the basement. "Who put this here?" She shrugged. "Garbage." That's when the problems started. He tripped and hit his head on the corner of the cabinet. She twisted an ankle and he dislocated a shoulder while trying to move it. Enough was enough. They decided to leave it behind. The cabinet whispered "Railing". They rushed to sell the house for half its worth.

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Complete Idiot

 

Collins

The ticket booth was empty.

"I guess it's free today."

When he entered the fairgrounds, a man chasing him yelled, "Ticket, ticket!"

He explained that he did try to buy a ticket.

The man waved his hand dismissively.

"How many?"

He replied, "One."

The man looked at him. "Now you must pay for two."

"Two?! Why?"

"Because I say so."

Wrong answer, he thought. "Do you have a death wish?"

The man blinked.

"Give me one ticket."

The man gave him one ticket and charged him for two.

Good thing there was a loose plank right next to the booth.

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Family Portrait

Time Remains

Everyone stood, side by side meekly. Four generations. The photographer tried his best, but no one smiled. Back in his studio, he decided to reinterpret the concept of a family portrait. The grandmother's face looking like a flowerpot, no top of the head, chopped horizontally above the nose, twigs around it (each twig representing a family member). At the last minute, he added, "We are all a part of this mess." Why? No idea why he did it. He's still waiting to be paid. The photo, however, was sold for a million to a multi-millionaire. Nothing happens by pure chance.

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