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These are the texts messages I sent my wife in a recent conversation:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n *****************************<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Just watered my plant.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: No.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: No, you’re wrong. The plant is doing great.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Me: I’m really going to look after it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I am going to be a money tree ninja.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: One hundred dollar bills are going to be growing on that fucker!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: And each bill will blossom into the exact change for the laundry!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Really?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Well, why do they call it a money tree if it doesn’t grow money?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Marketing?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: The fuckers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Fake news is everywhere! It’s getting hard to know how to navigate this world!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Oh, you think a job would help? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: You’d be wrong! Just like you are about my plant’s chances for survival!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: It’s way better than 15%!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: That plant has at least a 50-50 shot. Easily.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I bought a spray bottle for that plant! It’s getting the five star Murray treatment!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Me: That’s what you’re worried about. Ha-ha.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: So very clever.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: But listen, not everybody needs a job in order to be fulfilled.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Criminals, for instance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Oh.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Yeah, I guess they do make license plates and stuff.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Okay.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Deer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Deer don’t have jobs. They don’t even respect the law, man!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Crush the system!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Look, I will eventually get a job.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I will.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I just need to finish the designs for my cryptozoology tarot cards and then I can open up shop and start reading fortunes!!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Me: I was told I could set up a table at Snakes and Lattes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Me: Well, yes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I would have to pay a small rental, but that would come out of my fantasy baseball investment portfolio.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Are you serious???<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Really???<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Fuck!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I can’t believe somebody else already came up with the idea for cryptozoology tarot cards!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Damn it! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: I was really looking forward to going on Dragon’s Den, too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Oh well, back to the drawing board! Fall six times, get up seven, that’s my motto.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: \u201cMore like fall six million times?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: Good one, Petal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Me: It’s true, you are a very funny and talented woman who doesn’t drink too much!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n