Am I A Criminal?
I tore the tag off my pillow32 total reviews
Comment from XinaD
Absolutely hilarious. A great play on a scenario we have all wondered about at some point in our lives. I remember truly believing in mattress police as a child, but I could never have expressed it as eloquently as you have here. Great job!
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Absolutely hilarious. A great play on a scenario we have all wondered about at some point in our lives. I remember truly believing in mattress police as a child, but I could never have expressed it as eloquently as you have here. Great job!
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Xina,
thanks so much for the wonderful review. I'm much like a child myself at times. With all that goes on with this government, nothing would surprise me. They probably know more about me than I know about myself. So glad you enjoyed this.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from jessizero
I absolutely laughed aloud at this story. You told it well, and your dialogue was hilarious. Good luck with the pillow police. :) Thank you for sharing this story, and best wishes to you.
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I absolutely laughed aloud at this story. You told it well, and your dialogue was hilarious. Good luck with the pillow police. :) Thank you for sharing this story, and best wishes to you.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Jessi,
thanks so much for the exceptional review gal. I'm glad this resonated with you. I don't think the tags on my pants or shirts have government warnings on them, at least not yet. If you get caught tearing off the tag on a pillow, they make you sleep on a pillow filled with fire ants. Yikes!
Have a blessed evening gal.
Tom
Comment from Jim Wile
I loved this parody of bureaucratic overreach in our lives, Tom. "We're the government. We care about everything that happens to our citizens."
In a pig's eye. He should be saying, "We're happy to have this make-work job with a high salary, living off the government teat at taxpayers' expense so that we can make and enforce rules and exert our sense of power over your life because we know much more about these things than you do."
Could we possibly function as a nation without these unelected busybodies running things? I have no doubt we'd be better off without them and could probably figure out how to spend the money we pay to them and get a lot more value than they are providing.
Oops, sorry about that little rant, but I think you understand that with your story. Very funny. Fat-head syndrome. Ha!
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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I loved this parody of bureaucratic overreach in our lives, Tom. "We're the government. We care about everything that happens to our citizens."
In a pig's eye. He should be saying, "We're happy to have this make-work job with a high salary, living off the government teat at taxpayers' expense so that we can make and enforce rules and exert our sense of power over your life because we know much more about these things than you do."
Could we possibly function as a nation without these unelected busybodies running things? I have no doubt we'd be better off without them and could probably figure out how to spend the money we pay to them and get a lot more value than they are providing.
Oops, sorry about that little rant, but I think you understand that with your story. Very funny. Fat-head syndrome. Ha!
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Jim,
you said exactly what was on my mind, in a very direct and easily understood way. Well done! Can you imagine how much better off we would be as a country without all the untold expense of unnecessary and unwanted government regulations? Unfathomable. I don't know if the younger generation really understands that things really don't have to be this way, for them, it's always been this way, so why change now? I loved your rant my friend, keep speaking what's on your mind. Check out Pome Lover's latest offering. It's a valentine to America, and she's spot on.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
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I will. Thanks.
Comment from GWHARGIS
Hahaha. I loved this imaginative and outlandish piece. Your humorous altercation with the feds made me laugh. Burning an old used pillow like the flag was a nice touch. I'll bet the FBI has a list of offenders, code name "Pillow Talk". Good stuff. Gretchen
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hahaha. I loved this imaginative and outlandish piece. Your humorous altercation with the feds made me laugh. Burning an old used pillow like the flag was a nice touch. I'll bet the FBI has a list of offenders, code name "Pillow Talk". Good stuff. Gretchen
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Gretchen,
Pillow talk? I like that, I wish I had thought of that. If the FBI is keeping a list of American offenders, I'm probably on more than a few lists for sure. Thanks so much for this funny review gal.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from barbara.wilkey
LOL This is funny and cute, but with all the AI keeping track of us nowadays, anything can happen. Today in Sunday school a person was asking another person what the name of her new granddaughter was, and a person's phone answered with the meaning of the name. We are being watched.
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LOL This is funny and cute, but with all the AI keeping track of us nowadays, anything can happen. Today in Sunday school a person was asking another person what the name of her new granddaughter was, and a person's phone answered with the meaning of the name. We are being watched.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Barbara,
That's kind of scary. The question is, why are we being watched? If they know this much about us, how much do they know about criminals, and if they have the knowledge, why aren't they putting them away? Our value system in this country is skewed and it's getting worse as we're being directed to come under the control of an international government that doesn't recognize the sovereignty
of nations. Hang on for heavy rolls gal.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from Jeano
I'm in my 80s, and it wasn't too many years back when I finally braved cutting those tags off my pillows. It made a good story for you here. I enjoyed it. Is this for a contest? Very entertaining, and I'm pretty sure everyone can relate.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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I'm in my 80s, and it wasn't too many years back when I finally braved cutting those tags off my pillows. It made a good story for you here. I enjoyed it. Is this for a contest? Very entertaining, and I'm pretty sure everyone can relate.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Jeano,
thanks so much for the great review. No, this isn't for a contest, I don't enter many, though I suppose I should. I have an active imagination, and sometimes something will stand out in my every day life that causes me to question the reasoning behind it. You're right, there is a surprising number of people who can relate to this.
Have a blessed day gal.
Tom
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You're welcome and Thank you.
Comment from Brenda Strauser
I enjoyed reading this. It was hilarious. I'm still smiling about it. You have a great imagination to come up with this great story. It flowed very easily. Great job
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I enjoyed reading this. It was hilarious. I'm still smiling about it. You have a great imagination to come up with this great story. It flowed very easily. Great job
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Brenda,
thanks so much for the wonderful review. I never know what I'm going to write about, but every day life seems to provide some kind of fodder usually.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from Ric Myworld
I've often wondered about those tags you speak of, and yes, like you, I've always torn or cut the darned things off. I can't imagine what their purpose really is, and I'm sure not having the government or anyone else tell me what to do with my mattress or pillows. LOL. Of course, I'm the type guy who has always believe that all rules were made to be broken.
Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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I've often wondered about those tags you speak of, and yes, like you, I've always torn or cut the darned things off. I can't imagine what their purpose really is, and I'm sure not having the government or anyone else tell me what to do with my mattress or pillows. LOL. Of course, I'm the type guy who has always believe that all rules were made to be broken.
Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Ric,
you and I think a lot alike on a number of issues. The government seems to have their slimy hands in almost every aspect of our lives, desiring to control us. It's kind of scary. Can anyone say 1984?
Thanks so much for the great review.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from damommy
Hahahaha. You're so funny. I'm glad they didn't haul you to hoosegow. I just cut a tag off a pillow this week. How soon will the trench coats show up? I want to look my best.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hahahaha. You're so funny. I'm glad they didn't haul you to hoosegow. I just cut a tag off a pillow this week. How soon will the trench coats show up? I want to look my best.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Yvonne,
are you looking forward to the visit? Ha, ha, ha, you're funny too gal. I guess I should do some research into the matter. There is probably some arcane reason for those tags. Thanks so much for the delightful review and the six.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
First paragraph: hangs OFF pillows
I don't know that I've ever seen a tag on a pillow; certainly on a mattress, and when I was young I used to worry about "getting caught", lol!
"the government frowns on ITS citizens" instead of it's.
It's one of those things that we all wonder about - or don't wonder at all about - but you've elevated it by creating such a fun story. Or is it a warning to us?
This was a good read, Tom. I enjoyed it, as I always enjoy your sense of humor.
xo
Pam
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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First paragraph: hangs OFF pillows
I don't know that I've ever seen a tag on a pillow; certainly on a mattress, and when I was young I used to worry about "getting caught", lol!
"the government frowns on ITS citizens" instead of it's.
It's one of those things that we all wonder about - or don't wonder at all about - but you've elevated it by creating such a fun story. Or is it a warning to us?
This was a good read, Tom. I enjoyed it, as I always enjoy your sense of humor.
xo
Pam
Comment Written 11-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2024
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Hello Pam,
thanks so much for the outstanding review and the six gal. I changed those errors, thanks. I thought that possession was required to have an apostrophe. I'll never figure out the English language. I worried about a plethora of things when I was young- from school, to having burglars to eating asparagus. When I got a little older I obsessed over the female anatomy and my wedding night. Now I just worry about who will take control of the country and what kind of mess they'll make of it.
Have a blessed day gal.
Tom
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Possession is required to have an apostrophe, except with it. I'll never figure out the English language either:-)
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We're all worried about our country, Tom. This is the most dysfunctional Congress of my lifetime, and the sad thing is that they don't seem to care. As long as they're TikTok videos are getting lots of likes.