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A Thrilling Tale of Espionage (With a Dash of Organized Crime) by Erik

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Gregory Michaels was, and is to this day an idiot. Now maybe from what you have already heard from this thrilling tale of espionage (with a dash of organized crime) you would estimate that Greg is of average intelligence. This, unfortunately for Greg, is most certainly incorrect. Had Gregory Michaels not been the idiot he was, and is to this day, his brain would not be drying up of ideas, because to those people with average, or above average for that matter, intelligence it is completely and utterly obvious why a gangster just tried to kill him.

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Bits of newspaper, old cases, were scattered all around the floor. There was a kitchen, a bathroom, and one bedroom. A particularly recent newspaper (one week old) was lying open with the front page on top, displaying the headline, “New York Mobster Jason Smit (A.K.A. Smitty the Kitty) Goes Into Hiding.” Dust to was caked on just about everything to the point that a person couldn’t walk within ten feet of his front door without sneezing. This is the scene in which Greg’s idiocy first causes a major problem in this thrilling tale of espionage (with a dash of organized crime). Greg was dozing on his ragged sofa in his poorly adorned apartment when he heard the phone ring. This was an unusual occurrence as the last time he received a phone call was six months ago. He answered with incredible speed and charisma,

“Hello, welcome to Gregory Michaels’ Private Detective hotline how may I help you today?”

“Whoa, whoa. Shlow down buddy. Listen I got a little problem. I got this lost kitty, you know what I mean?” the customer said putting extreme emphasis on ‘lost kitty,’ “He’s, uh, hiding from me, you catch my drift?”

 

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