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Al Batt: Hickory Dickory Doc, impetigo ran up the block (head)
We were old enough to be in school, but not much older than that. One of us contracted impetigo. It spread like wildfire through our ...
Al, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
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Al Batt: I love cashiers and those little checkout dividers
My right sock was on its last leg.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: My horoscope says I shouldn’t read it, so I don’t
I don’t read my horoscope. I read my wife’s horoscope so I know what to be prepared for.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Showing up and shining in the Show Me State
I didn’t go to St. Joseph, Missouri, because Missouri loves company.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: The shoulder devil made him free the halluces
My neighbor Crandall bought a pair of nice shoes from one of those man cave stores. He had never owned such spiffy shoes. They’d been ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: No coupons? What are you, a billionaire or something?
What do you call someone born on Leap Day?
by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: The lasting legend of a larruping good lick in Ledyard
I played in a baseball game at the Field of Dreams near Dyersville, Iowa.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: A post turtle comes to a fork in the road one day
“Tell me about yourself.” That’s what the fellow seated next to me on the airplane said.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: That’s no weather vane; it’s Tula the wild turkey hen
A friend stopped by to tell me there was a turkey on the roof of my house.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: In search of the holy grail of greeting cards
My wife, The Queen B, was searching for chocolate-covered radishes or radish-covered chocolates. I forget which.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Fighting over a thermostat should be an Olympics event
Iowa is a tropical paradise.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: I’d been prepared to perform mouth-to-bill resuscitation
A guy I used to know said, “Morning.” No adjective added.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: It might have been better but it could have been worse
It was 4 a.m. on a 14-degree January day.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: My winter bucket list is a short one: Stay warm
Into the mouth of the wolf, we go.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: This is the year I’m getting off of the naughty list
Everything had been nearly copacetic. It was practically all rainbows and unicorns.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 8:45 pm
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