Sunday, January 05, 2025

Mother Fruitcake

Brutus and another man are in the diner and both order their usual from Sid. Sid returns with their burgers and begin eating. The one guy notes "This has onion. I ordered relish." Brutus comments "Mine is relish...I must have yours." The man takes Brutus' burger and begins eating. "This is relish...The one he gave you has onions." Brutus leans in "How about for dessert, we both order the apple pie?"
August 17, 1986
Is it me or does this not flow like it should? We don't see the man take Brutus' burger so it's like he's still just eating his own. I don't know. It just seems clunky.

Brutus and Uncle Ted are in the car. "What's in the bag on the backseat, Brutus?" Uncle Ted asks. "There's a fruitcake in that bag. Mother Gargle made it for me for Christmas. I told her I ate it, so I needed to sneak it out of the house so no one would see me throw it away." "Don't do that. I'll take it." "Don't tell me you like fruitcake!" "I don't. My mom used to make one every year for the holidays and I hated every bite." "Then why do you want this fruitcake?" "It'll make me feel like I'm back home for the holidays."
Brutus was going to take the fruitcake to the county line and bury it in a shallow grave a few feet off a lonely and isolated road. Thanks, Uncle Ted, you just saved Brutus some gas!





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