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Why Did the Oriole Cross the Road?

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Despite having months to prepare for the trip across the street, it waited until the last minute to find a bargain basement pair of shoes to wear to cross, but the shoes' laces came untied once it started to cross and it tripped and fell and was smashed by a semi. The Oriole's family claimed the shoes didn't have enough time to be broken in ahead of time, so that's why the laces failed.

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The Oriole was very hungry, and all the available food on this side of the road cost more than it was willing to pay. (Some of the food sellers wanted the Orioles to agree to buy food  from them for a whole week! The Oriole explained it would never, ever do that because the food might go bad before the end of the week.)

The Oriole heard that some food on the other side of the road was available real cheap because the other birds and forest creatures didn't want it, either because they were all stocked up or because they didn't think it was any good.

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4 hours ago, mdbdotcom said:

Oh, wait, it seems to have changed it's mind.

Yes, turning back now. But wait, seems to be crossing again.

No ... no .... definitely NOT crossing the road this time.

Hmmm. Sitting in median. Contemplating?

Never mind.

See, they contemplated a plan... sort of... not really.  What is real - that's a HOF post.    

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ROCH:  And now the report we have been waiting for...from Oriole headquarters, fans demanded an answer from the warehouse regarding plans for 2018.  Dan Duquette made an appearance this morning and well, let's just let him set the record straight.  Dan...Why did the Oriole cross the road?

 

Dan:  Well, the Orioles are going to make every effort to cross the road, Roch.  We know it's a long way and we have to have more pitching to get across and we have a few other things we need.  But there is no doubt that we are going to cross the road.  We are definitely most likely gonna make it as long as we can control the things we need to control.  We were almost across the road last year but we got a little sideways.  But if the question is why did the Oriole cross the road?  The answer without a doubt is just about completely for certain, yes, we think so.

 

ROCH:  Well there you have it ORIOLE fans.  That should clear things up as we head into the new year.  Please join me for some kool aid.  

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