My younger son goes to Temple, where he’s a sophomore. This year he’s living in an apartment with two friends at 19th and Diamond, just a few blocks from campus. It’s a dangerous neighborhood. Whenever I go see Nick, I get antsy and wonder what I was thinking, allowing him to rent there.

One day, before I pick him up for lunch, I stop to talk to a cop who’s parked a block away from Nick’s apartment.

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Gagpipes 

#9

pןɹoʍ ɹǝɥ sı sıɥʇ

 #8

Have Sword Will  Travel

#7

Destemmed

#6

Save a tree, use a fork

#5

Return of the Twinkie Kid

#4

Ho-klahoma

#3

Honey, please drop that hebetude

#2

Nibbles is my co-pilot

#1

Spoon

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Painkiller Jane

#9 

R.O.U.S.

#8

This seat reserved for yellow Diners Club holders only

#7

Say no to crack

#6

88 lines about 44 applicants

#5

Is this another bughunt?

#4

Beer Nuts

#3

If it's too loud, you're too old

#2

Pööplöp

#1

Do it for mommy

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Now that's an earworm

#9  Find my booty

#8  Dinner has been comman'deered'

#7  Private Pyle, what are you doing to my beloved classroom?

#6  Does this vacuum make me look fat?

#5  American beer is like making love in a canoe

#4  Eidetic Memorial

#3  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

#2

Grow up be a man and close your mealy mouth

#1

In space no one can hear you nag.

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Data, initiate sensor sweep

#9

He ain't no C.H.O.M.P.S.

#8

You want fries to go with that shake

#7

He did have a temperature of 2000 degrees...

#6

He's totally em-brazzer-ing

#5

No big hair!

#4

Roadkill Bill

#3

Talk about ssslipping them a Mickey

#2

Hong Kong Foolery

#1

Whitewine.com

Cruise Ship Blues

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Compression Objection

#9

Molly Mc'Nutter

#8

To him, life is a great big bang up.  Whenever there's a hang up... 

#7

Pole Derision

#6

Can somebody get that?

#5

The Kid's Alight

#4

Benji the hungry

#3

Mycustomerssuck.com 

#2

Swedeback's bad ass theme song

#1

Prius Posse: "That's how we roll."

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Wind it up and watch it go!

#9

Dogtown and TP Boyz

#8

Jim Rhodes Olympics

#7

Double Blonde Mixological Testing

#6

Dance practice 784.1882, Booky Tennis 796.04, Pole dancing 306.7

 

 

 

#5

 

Does it reallymatter-horn?

 

#4

 

It's a growth industry!

 

#3

 

Brief Nudity, my favorite actor.

 

 

 

 

#2

 

smack S.W.A.K.

 

 

#1

 

He's so Pop!cular

 

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Apocalypse Meow

#9

Shoplift, get spritzed

#8

Castle and McCormick

#7

Sonic Truth

#6

Meet him every Sunday from 6 to 9

#5

M.I.A. The Frito Bandito

#4

Perri-Air now on sale

#3

Kawaii Desu Ne!

#2

Blech on the beach

#1

Sacre Eww

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What's 'app-ening' hot stuff?

#9 [Unmitigated] Gall Waiting

#8  Hail Sterquilinus

#7  Extremities

#6  Inconceivable!

#5  Tatooine not Constantinople

#4  Illegal Bumper Stuffin

#3  All is Nøkkelost

#2  Jattebra Bruhaha

#1  Try pulling your bottom lip over your head