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proverbs

August 19, 2022

Teach a Man to Fish and He Will Eat for a Lifetime, So Long As He Can Provide His Own Rod and Have a Way of Getting to the Pond

by J Lee Ratcliffe
June 8, 2022

Proverbs for Introverts

by Sally Miller and Vince Di Meglio
July 1, 2020

Canadian Proverbs

by Orli Matlow
October 12, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Comedy II

by Teddy Wayne
September 14, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Forgiveness

by Teddy Wayne
August 24, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Home

by Teddy Wayne
July 14, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Comedy

by Teddy Wayne
June 22, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Presence

by Teddy Wayne
April 4, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Measurements

by Teddy Wayne
March 10, 2017

Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Priorities

by Teddy Wayne

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May 12, 2023

How Urgently Your Mom Needs to Talk to You, Based on What She Said in the Voicemail

by Talia Argondezzi
May 18, 2023

HBO’s Sensitivity Reading for Entourage

by Max Davison
May 18, 2023

Cat Food Flavors Made by Cats

by Tori Multon
May 25, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Woke Third-Grade Teacher, as Imagined by a Far-Right Politician

by Ashley Ingle

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A Day in the Life of a Woke Third-Grade Teacher, as Imagined by a Far-Right Politician

by Ashley Ingle
May 25, 2023

I’m Your Mom Playing a Video Game, and I Will Turn This Avatar Right Around If You Don’t Watch Your Tone of Voice

by Audrey Burges