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How in the hell do you get fired on your day off?

— Dad • Friday

A little canvas hammock between two brass pins holding a torn envelope on a yellow and turquoise background.
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A day off sounds like time away from the demands of a job, which makes being fired on that day especially baffling. The question packs that mismatch into one outburst. Its disbelief is the joke: even staying away apparently wasn't enough to avoid trouble.

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