Gladiators of the Flower Bed in a Humorous Exchange
In Stray Stories Magazine Jimson recalls India with a playful misnaming. He describes seeing three gladiators approach during a morning dip, sparking a joke about navigators and a translation that gladiators are a flower grown from barbs, in a light anecdote from The Featherheads.
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Not A Clean One The Grobbly Boy’s Quip At Store
A groggy scene in a large store’s men’s outfitting department shows a boy asking for a soft mini collar. Assistants mock him with garbled speech and a pointed remark about his own collar. He tests a collar and the assistant answers with a blunt retort about cleanliness.
Faithful Crutches and Odd Tall Tales From Across America
A column from Nashville, Tenn. recounts tall tales of faithful inanimate objects and quirky travelers. A Montreal man recalls a miracle salve that straightened a nun’s crutches while a doctor’s salve makes crutches dance. other stories feature a popcorn-fed farm and a banker’s awkward grave attempt in Chicago.
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Mystery Springs in Queensland Two Odd Water Sinks
In far west Queensland fifty miles southeast of Doulla town ship two springs draw curiosity. Elizabeth spring has a four to five foot bubbling tepid hole where water cannot sink due to upward force. Labra spring nearby offers icy thick water where bodies sink like a stone. Aboriginal lore says the water turned black ages ago after a native woman jumped in and vanished.
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