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CC and MC & BB Sitting in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Craigslist Style
Their relationship seems sketchy. Do they think they're the fictional Griffin and Sabine, who existed in a parallel universe? And then there's the guy who's been riding a train for60 years hoping to get up the nerve to talk to her.
Did you ever read “The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy,” the 1991 bestselling epistolary novel by Nick Bantock, about an extraordinary correspondence between two people who never meet, but exchange postcards, letters and sometimes disturbing artwork in a parallel universe?
They seem to be stalking Craigslist, where they may have assumed the identities of CC and MC & BB. Remember them? Catch up here, here, here, here and – oh, do the search yourself.
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He misses her calling him “Big Booyy!” and is nostalgic about the time he covered his salad with dressing and she said it wasn’t soup.
It’s the little things, right?
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They have been missing connections all over the place, like the fictional Griffin and Sabine, but he thinks he missed the boat by not buying a lottery ticket. She called. Twice. In tears, worried about the new body part she would get in surgery.
Come on. We’re new. We need more details.
Around the Patches
In Urbandale, stop talking.
In Waukee, a lie of omission is still a lie.
Not like this guy in Johnston, who won’t cheat and lie.
In Ankeny, was she making eye contact behind her husband’s back?
In West Des Moines, you drive him crazy, Girl.
Name-Calling on Craigslist
Wedding Crasher
''’I'm Guy's sister'. That statement tipped me off that I was at the wrong wedding. Your name is Jill. We talked about the heat/sunscreen/lack of electricity (although I sensed no lack of sparks). I was taken with you. If you remember me please get in touch. Tell me what it was that I was carrying.”
And finally, this story about a 6--year-long train ride in New York City is worth a read.
We need more trains in Iowa, don’t you think?
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