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ttle while later the telephone rang. It was my brother.</p><p id="0515">Either he’s calling from the grave or something strange is going on.</p><p id="c74d">I talked with all 3 of my brothers today and I’m pretty sure we’re all still alive.</p><p id="9bdc">In other strange news that could only happen to Billy Jones — I was visiting someone at Wesley Long Hospital today and decided I wanted a Pepsi so I put 2 One Dollar Bills into the vending machine and pressed the button for Pepsi only to be informed by the machine that I would have to make another selection as the machine was out of Pepsi. As I didn’t care for the other selections I pushed the button to get my money back. The Pepsi machine shorted me .75 cents, returning only 1.25 of my 2.00.</p><p id="9a26">We

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ll that kinda pissed me off but I still wanted a drink so I stepped to the Coke machine, put 2.00 in and got back 1.25 in change plus my Coke.</p><p id="df83">Now let’s do the math.</p><p id="efbd">The price of a drink is 1.50. I put 2.00 in the Pepsi machine and only got 1.25 back. And no drink. I then put 2.00 in the Coke machine, got back $1.25 in change plus my Coke.</p><p id="c615">I got shorted .75 cents by the Pepsi machine and less than a minute later got back .75 cents extra from the Coke machine.</p><p id="69c4">Kinda makes me think the worst that could happen is I break even if I file that life insurance claim on my brother. Perhaps it is time to just <a href="https://readmedium.com/fade-away-99def2afb03f"><b>Fade Away.</b></a></p></article></body>

It Happened To Me

This could only happen to Billy Jones. Of this I am sure.

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Return to the daze of my youth.

Opened up a letter from an insurance company tonight telling me my brother had died and wanting me to call them about where to send the life insurance money. A little while later the telephone rang. It was my brother.

Either he’s calling from the grave or something strange is going on.

I talked with all 3 of my brothers today and I’m pretty sure we’re all still alive.

In other strange news that could only happen to Billy Jones — I was visiting someone at Wesley Long Hospital today and decided I wanted a Pepsi so I put 2 One Dollar Bills into the vending machine and pressed the button for Pepsi only to be informed by the machine that I would have to make another selection as the machine was out of Pepsi. As I didn’t care for the other selections I pushed the button to get my money back. The Pepsi machine shorted me .75 cents, returning only $1.25 of my $2.00.

Well that kinda pissed me off but I still wanted a drink so I stepped to the Coke machine, put $2.00 in and got back $1.25 in change plus my Coke.

Now let’s do the math.

The price of a drink is $1.50. I put $2.00 in the Pepsi machine and only got $1.25 back. And no drink. I then put $2.00 in the Coke machine, got back $1.25 in change plus my Coke.

I got shorted .75 cents by the Pepsi machine and less than a minute later got back .75 cents extra from the Coke machine.

Kinda makes me think the worst that could happen is I break even if I file that life insurance claim on my brother. Perhaps it is time to just Fade Away.

Billy Jones
Short Story
Humor
Brothers
Breaking Even
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