He listened respectfully at first, filled with compassion, tears forming in his eyes as she narrated having been abandoned as an infant, left in a dumpster high in the Sierra-Nevadas, rescued by dumpster-diving circus riders who put her, untethered, on the back of a jumping stallion every night till she was sixteen. Years later, escaping one night off the coast of San Diego she waded into the ocean, hoping to end it all, only to be netted by Tijuana shrimp fishermen who forced her to peel shrimp for years in a rickety boat, the best life she's ever known, before falling overboard in a hurricane and washing ashore in San Francisco at the precise moment an 7.4 earthquake hit. How she got to the Greyhound station in Sparks she was still unclear, and could he spare a hundred bucks to help her find her rightful family, whom, she believed, might at this moment be remorsefully searching for her on the outskirts of Death Valley. By now dry-eyed and stone-hearted, he reached into his wallet for a five, which he slipped into the outer pocket of her spangled handbag and, not looking back, hopped quickly onto his bus while she prattled on with her Tale of Whoa!
by Monkey's Dad July 6, 2021
Get the Tale of Whoa!mug. by epiccman May 15, 2025
Get the Block Talesmug. A male hair cut that is very long on top and put into a bobble while the back and sides are shaved very short. This style is associated with those people (especially Students) who are fond of very deep house music and tend to frequently indulge in ketamine.
by nclstud February 11, 2014
Get the ket talemug. The soon to be released novel that chronicles the story of a Whale and a Mouse that prove their love to one another through gaping.
by Lrfbb July 27, 2021
Get the Tales of a Gapermug. Not a very normal name.
Very sweet, often stubborn people, who will say what they mean if they really mean it.
Very sweet, often stubborn people, who will say what they mean if they really mean it.
“Oh how sweet of Tale!” Or “Ahhrg, Tale!!!”
by milafila48 October 11, 2018
Get the Talemug. a not very common norwegian girl name, it’s both a name and a word that directly translated to english means “speech” so you can imagine how much these girls talk
by jajahola November 22, 2021
Get the Talemug. An alternate universe owned by Nyte, previously created by SHADIKAL15. Includes angst angst angst angst angst angst and abusive family
"Hey, have you heard of Alpha tale?"
"No, what is it?"
"A mother abuses her child"
"Sounds like my life"
"No, what is it?"
"A mother abuses her child"
"Sounds like my life"
by The Guy With Legs September 24, 2021
Get the Alpha Talemug.