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Even More Anecdotes Not Taken

May 25, 2017 Bill Spencer

  This is my third post composed of anecdotes I submitted to Reader’s Digest that were not accepted for publication. Five new ones: Unclear on the Concept When I lived in Mississippi, the local news […]

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More Anecdotes Not Taken

October 6, 2016 Bill Spencer

According to their website, Reader’s Digest receives a quarter of a million humor submissions each year but prints only about one out of a thousand. Below are items I submitted that were among the 999. […]

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The Anecdotes Not Taken

June 23, 2015January 7, 2016 Bill Spencer

According to their website, Reader’s Digest prints only about 250 of the 250,000 humor submissions they receive each year. Below are items I submitted that were among the 249,750 not taken. INTRODUCTION I have a […]

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