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Dinner with Bernard - Nov. 13, 2026

Gary Hunter
11 minutes ago
1 min read

How often do you have a dinner guest

of 101 who doesn’t care about decorum,

loves being direct and asks

two of your other guests;

 

How old are each of you and

how long you been together?

Your wife has a lot of spunk,

how do you handle that?

Are you in love? Are you happy?

 

and before my friends could gather

a reply, he says

 

I was a lousy father

and wanted to have fun,

do my own thing. It was my

last girlfriend, Linda, who

saved me, well, love saved me

 

then, after a long pause

 

I miss her so much

 
 
 

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