“On Anophthalmia in Cervids,” by Daniel Galef
Dec 20th, 2022 | By Defenestration
I had an Ideas problem. Not too few, but too many. I was plagued by them. More of an infestation, really. I needed to get them out of my hair. Literally.
I had an Ideas problem. Not too few, but too many. I was plagued by them. More of an infestation, really. I needed to get them out of my hair. Literally.
Genie floated above Aladdin, a towering blue know-it-all. “I grant you three wishes, little man,” Genie said. “The rules are—”
“I wish for the ability to stop biting and picking my fingernails,” Aladdin replied.
The corners of Genie’s mouth curled into a small smile. “Biting your nails?”
“Biting and picking,” Aladdin said. “I wish for the ability to stop biting and picking my fingernails.”
In a golden palace on Olympus
she soaks in her alabaster tub
and looks disdainfully at her tummy
Without you…
Applicants wouldn’t
enjoy long, happy afternoons
copy-pasting the exact same information
from their resumes into
fourteen different portals.
Cartoon characters—after they have completely disappeared when falling into an abyss. There is no other surefire way to know a cartoon character is dead, so if you are ever wanting to kill one, ensure an abyss is nearby.