Recent Grad Runs Out of College Stories

CHARLESTON (AP) – Local 3rd grade teacher and 2007 college graduate Chad Thompson was quite literally speechless last weekend when he came to the shocking realization that he had exhausted his store of collegiate anecdotes.

Witnesses report that Thompson had just finished regaling the gathered crowd at Fellowship Baptist’s 4th Annual Singles BBQ with an engaging tale of a dorm prank involving his roommate, some traffic flares, and a bath tub full of grape Jello, when a look of utter helplessness overtook his face.  Friends watched as Thompson shuffled over to the grill and spent the rest of the evening quietly downing jumbo franks and Dr. Thunders.

It was not until days later that Thompson finally broke the news to those close to him.  Apartment mate Jack Wells expressed sadness, but not surprise.  “He’s been slipping lately.  I’ve heard a few repeats over the past several months, and he’s even started telling other people’s stories as his own.  This is a day we’ll all have to face, but it doesn’t make it any easier.  He still has so many years ahead of him.”

In an emailed statement to The Talking Mirror, Thompson expressed regret that he had somehow only managed to compile two years worth of stories during his five undergrad years at The University of West Virginia.  “My kids are going to think I’m a complete lame-o,” said Thompson.  “But, then again, without any charming tales of youthful antics, I’ll probably never be able to convince a woman to join me in holy matrimony.  So maybe the kids won’t be a problem.”

Thompson blames his high school girlfriend, Sudoku, and Japanese anime for his shortage of sufficiently amusing anecdotes.

Thompson (far right) and friends, just moments before the incident.

Thompson (far right) and friends, just moments before the incident.

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Hailing from the great state of Oklahoma, Kent Woodyard was raised in a tepee by an uneducated family of country singers and Native Americans. He taught himself to read by studying a book of knock-knock jokes he found at a cattle auction (thus, his highly refined sense of bourgeois humor). For the last seven years he has been toiling faithfully as "the coolest kid you haven't met yet." He retired from that position the minute you read this. Kent counts Jared Fogle (the guy from the Subway commercials), Keith Olbermann, all the members of Nickelback, and Scar from The Lion King as personal enemies. When Kent grows up, he plans to have enough money to have all these people imprisoned for no reason whatsoever. As of this writing, Kent is acutely interested in the following: weekends, push pops, Disney sing-alongs, Lost discussion boards, widgets, Whoppers (the hamburgers, not the disgusting malt balls), Mongolian throat singers, and the early work of Billy Crystal.

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