Thursday, October 16, 2025

Getaway

 

She was standing in line at the post office, waiting to pick up a package. There were two people in front of her, so she had time to look around.

She saw the box waiting to go out on the counter behind the service counter, and she stifled a gigglesnort.

She knew she was a terrible person, but she couldn’t help it.

When it was her turn, she nodded towards the box and said, “Guess someone finally gets to go out of town” and the clerk glanced at the box, then glared at her.

The box was marked ‘Human cremains’.

 

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