Tom’s Girlfriend Breaks Up With Him as They Watch

By Ronald Koertge

Tom’s Girlfriend Breaks Up With Him as They Watch
The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Tom finishes his beer, “So Miriam and I are on the couch all cozy.
The creature is cruising Julie Adams underwater and I tell Miriam
how cute she’d look in a white latex bathing suit
with spaghetti straps.”

“All of a sudden Miriam starts to cry. And right after that she
said she needed some space. A lot of space.”

Tom opens another Coors. “I just don’t get it. I keep asking
myself
why ?“

I ask, “Did you actually say, ‘with spaghetti straps’?“