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"I have a friend who knows everything. I mean actually everything..... He makes me so damned mad sometimes. Still I would love to experience the comfort that his certitude gives him, delusional or not." Wow!!! I know EXACTLY what you're talking about! I lived with a woman for 9 long years who was exactly that type.... It all ended when I fell exhausted by the way side. Presently I'm the most disorganized and out-of-whack person imaginable... and that makes me happy (from time to time though). Maybe I should try to begin making my bed every morning. Super story BTW!!!!

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Nah. Forget it, AT. Once a week is enough. You know, unless you have a romantic evening planned...

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~~~~as long as you were kind and brave and kept things tidy. And sometimes that is enough~~~.

I knew I liked her. Wish I'd met her.

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You two would have been fast friends. She would be saying to me a couple times a week - Let's go out there and see Kate and take her some ice cream.

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I knew a guy like that once. He'd start off by saying "Now, what you're gonna want to do..." and I would marvel at his inflated opinion of himself and his assumption that no one else knew anything.

I never had a frozen leg of lamb available--all for the best.

I think "the invisible woman in #10" has found her purpose. Just keep writing and keep things tidy. Everything else works itself out.

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Right you are, my friend! My comment about smacking someone with a leg of lamb referenced Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter tale...

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I have known this person. In my experience, they often have a smug attitude and are not really helping people. Good story!

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Exactly right. Can't stop them from constantly giving advice and instructions. I just laugh.

Thanks, Scott!

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Brilliant, Sharron! I'm going to have nightmares about the frozen leg of lamb!

Have you read 'Lamb to the Slaughter'? Careful, now!

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https://www.grin.com/document/72869#:~:text=The%20short%20story%20Lamb%20to,husband%20who%20soon%20comes%20home.

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I have not read it. You recommend it?

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Gosh - seems I had deleted the line to say it's one of Roald Dahl's 'Tales of the Unexpected'. They're brilliant short stories - let's just say there are some creative ways one can dispose of a murder weapon, depending on one's choice of such weapon....! I'll say no more! 🤣

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Ooooo. Sounds intriguing. I will find it.

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Roald Dahl wrote Lamb to the Slaughter. I referenced his leg of lamb murder in my piece today!

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I spotted it straight away, but I hadn't realised that that's what you were doing! Kudos - it's one of my favourite 'Tales of the Unexpected'! 😘

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Just got my cholesterol numbers, but I like the idea of 'eating vinegar flavored kettle chips till my blood pressure goes off the charts'!!

and the frozen leg of lamb. . .visual is priceless! Thank you, Sharron!

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Glad you liked it! My smartest man ever is actually an amalgamation of three actual acquaintances of mine.

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Should you combine them?! 🙂

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They have actually been in the same room together. Deadly conversation! Pretty funny listening to the dynamic.

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I'm sure!

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Amen! Got one of those friends also drives me Up the Wall! Think I’ll go make my bed🤨

Great story Sharron!🤣

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Thanks Deb. You know, if you make the bed, you just have to do it again tomorrow. Mght as well wait and just do it once. Beauty sleep. It is all about the beauty sleep.

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Hi Sharron, My favorite sentence is "there is one more thing I know for sure – my mother is still with me, even though she died six years ago."

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Oh thank you, Janice. Yes, she is still around here somewhere. How could I live without her?

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Exactly

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Great piece, Sharron, loved it! I also love Jim’s point above: “Just keep writing and keep things tidy. Everything else works itself out.” That’s some wonderful writing/life advice right there!

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It sure is! Thank you, Justin!

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He’s wrong about dogs, you know.

Smart can get confused with being one large flatulent egocentric mouthpiece, speaking from a brain hardwired to recall stuff. Go buy the leg, and don’t be afraid to use it!

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Thanks, M.C. for the encouragement. I gave up trying to challenge or debate with him a long time ago. He considers himself the holder of the Truth. ( His tribe may be winning in this country.) I have yet to seek other, more persuasive measures.

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We can NOT let "that tribe" win.... we just cannot.

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Thanks MC, for rooting around in the 🍁Leaves archive! Welcome to my tiny island in the great Substack Sea.

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