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She Called In Sick to a Bar She Didn’t Work At

A true story about loyalty, hangovers, and unhealthy relationships—with alcohol.

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Liam McEneaney
Oct 13, 2025
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It’s the 20th anniversary of my writing the following joke, and the 19.95th anniversary of discovering audiences did not care for it:

I gave blood yesterday.
Not out of the goodness of my heart.
I just can’t afford an AIDS test.

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