Not long ago I got an email from a writer. He wanted to know why our online humor site only accepts submissions running 251 words or fewer. “Is there an actual reason? Or is it just random?”
Absolutely not random! Not enough people know that 251 is an important number in the history of comedy, and especially to writers of prose humor. The story must now…
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