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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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