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Pre-dinner Chit Chat

Alien humor

By Maria A. PerezPublished 12 months ago • 1 min read

In the spirit of cooperation, we invited the aliens to dinner.

"What is a joke?" asked the largest one, their leader I presumed.

"It's when you tell a story that makes people laugh."

"Oh, I understand. Like when our chef asks us to guess how many ways can a human be quartered, and we answer, 'none, because we like to eat ours whole.'"

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Maria A. Perez

Author of the romantic space opera trilogy, The Curse of Sotkari Ta, its prequel, Song of the Caged Warrior, and a poetry book. As a diehard “Trekkie” and Star Wars fan, I'm fascinated by what lies beyond the unexplored reaches of space.

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    Written by Maria A. Perez