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June 29, 2010

rimshot

So when you call your sibling for the first time in six years, try this ice-breaker:

"What's it been, six years?" he asked.

"Yeah. When Dad died. We haven't had a third parent croak, so that seems about right."

"Ha ha. So, man, how are you?"

"Well, funny you should ask. I need a kidney."

[exquisite silence]

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