Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
Series produced by Rick Taylor
Stories and short humor by Abner Serd
Storyteller Abner Serd specializes in short humor with a twist. His stories often pull the listener out of the normal sphere of reality and into a surrealistic landscape populated with eccentric characters who nonchalantly redefine common sense. Think of these stories as comic strips for the ears: short, daily doses of whimsy. What yarns will Abner spin today? As Jimmy Fingerbutton the inventor once put it, "the world is full of things nobody ever thought of before."
Abner Serd is the pseudonym and alter ego of Rick Taylor. This series originally appeared as a podcast - the podcast feed can be found at: http://abnerserd.com/feed.xml
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My friend Bill O'Sale is a businessman. He's always on the lookout for new business opportunities ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 02:12
My friend Rusty Sheehan bumped into me the other day – not too surprisingly, seeing as how he was walking sideways ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 02:23
Bobby always knew he was destined to do Great Things. After all, he was famous from the minute he was born ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 03:14
My friend Vern Acular and I were out on firefly patrol last night. It's early in the season, but you can't ever afford to let your guard down ...
- Added: Jun 11, 2015
- Length: 02:17
My friend Stretch claims to be an eccentric millionaire. I said "does that mean you take a funny orbit around money?" ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 02:08
I walked into Elmer's Cafe just in time to miss the tail end of Buddy's heartwarming and often-told story about a pet garter snake he used to have,...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 02:16
You ever get that tentative, standing-at-the-crossroads feeling where you're not sure what to do next? ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 02:45
Sam Swift was the fastest boy in school. He could outrun anybody, even boys who were much older than he was ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 03:40
I knew something was wrong the minute I woke up this morning ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:33
My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a magnet that attracts out of town visitors. I said “so it's a tourist attraction” ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:15
Vern Acular and I were hiking out on Wild Side the other day. We were looking for escaped balloon animals ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 02:22
My friend Archie Meade is studying modern mathematical philosophy – with an emphasis on the philosophy ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 03:05
Jessica was 12 years old when she realized she had magical powers. She could make birds fly simply by waving her arms ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 03:09
My friend Will Dewitt thinks anything is possible. Which is a real kink in the garden hose, on account of Will makes his living by doing the IMposs...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:25
I saw my friend Paranoid Clara Boyd sitting in the park this morning. She didn't look busy – or agitated – so I said “may I join you?” ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:34
My friend Cookie Baker hey'd me this morning. From all the way across the street, he shouted “hey Abner!” ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 01:59
Elmer started it. But that's no surprise – Elmer usually starts it ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 02:43
Here's another poem for the kids ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:42
My friend Stretch told me he's about to embark on a trip around the world. I said “great! What's your itinerary?” He said “all of it.” ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:10
My friend Flora Caprifolia asked me “if you could be any flower in the world, what would you be?” ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 02:18
