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Skittles

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8. well it is a sad story but....

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:31 PM

Jun 1

my older brother died of alcoholism.....I flew to Illinois and later after his funeral, friends and family were commiserating about his passing, he was only 46......my severely autistic, mostly non-verbal brother piped up with, "HE WAS A DRUNK." Well I just blew up, "I'VE BEEN HERE TWO DAYS AND YOU HAVEN'T SAID ONE GODDAMN WORD AND *THAT* IS WHAT YOU COME UP WITH??? WTF!!!!" Dead silence. And then everyone just started laughing because it was so unexpected and over the top ridiculous. Really drove home the tragedy of it all.....yes indeed.

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What are the most amusing or interesting comments [View all] malaise Jun 1 OP

Wow, awesome wendyb-NC Jun 1 #1

It was fabulous malaise Jun 1 #4

My son WmChris Jun 1 #2

But your son also spoke the truth malaise Jun 1 #3

For sure WmChris Jun 2 #12

He was way more gracious malaise Jun 2 #13

Love it. My kind of celebration of life. Laughing is always better than crying. surfered Jun 1 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author surfered Jun 1 #6

Thank you malaise. You had me laughing. debm55 Jun 1 #7

well it is a sad story but.... Skittles Jun 1 #8

The truth can hurt malaise Jun 2 #10

A friend passed a couple of years ago He was an unabashed liberal and Democratic Party activist... surfered Jun 1 #9

Fabulous malaise Jun 2 #11

I think that was his point. It helps to laugh🙏 surfered Jun 2 #14