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Four Old Guys Go To The Center Of The Earth

While sitting on the front porch.

Mark Starlin
3 min readAug 25, 2019

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Wally: Have you ever invented anything?
Jack: I invented the Jackburger.
Vern: Putting vanilla ice cream and strawberries on a hamburger bun is not an invention.
Floyd: Vern is right. It is a culinary creation. Like my Floydritto.

Wally: SPAM and ketchup wrapped in a tortilla is nasty, Floyd.
Jack: My Dad made me eat SPAM when I was a kid.
Vern: My Dad made me mow the lawn. All 5 acres. With a push mower.
Floyd: My Dad made me mow our lawn, plus our five neighbor’s lawns, while eating a Floydritto.

Wally: Well, I actually invented something when I was a kid. The Reverse Pogo Stick.
Jack: Right. And I invented electric-powered solar panels.
Vern: I invented air.
Floyd: No, you invented gas. Super stinky gas.

Wally: Seriously. The Reverse Pogo Stick bounced down instead of up. And it dug a hole as it bounced.
Jack: Your story is digging a hole.
Vern: I fell in a huge hole once on the way to school. It was covered with leaves. And there was dog poop at the…

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Mark Starlin
Mark Starlin

Written by Mark Starlin

Old bones. Young heart. Uniquely arranged words.

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