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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · 4d

Gotta plant the cars the previous fall if you want this year to have a bumper crop.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · 6d

(At a concert)
Oh you like this band? Describe three of their t-shirts.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · 7d

Did you hear that the bad guy from the Power Puff Girls is starting a karate studio with that four-time Olympic medalist? It's the Mojo Jojo Flo-Jo Dojo.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Sep 3

Nostalgic for the summer of 2016 when my dog would get excited at the prospect of a long walk whenever she heard the Pokémon Go music.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Aug 25

How do you say Reese’s Pieces?

youtube.com/shorts/wNTUL...

Reese’s Pieces

YouTube video by Chris Hallbeck

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Aug 12

I still have yours from that time as well. 😊😊😊

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Aug 11

Before you ask me for advice, you should know that I just realized that the word passport comes from a document that lets you pass through a port.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jul 21

I hope this email doesn't find you. I hope you manage to evade it for years. The email is ever searching but you are more resourceful.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 30

My dog insists on smelling my breath after I eat anything like an after school special where a teen is trying to hide smoking from their parents.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 28

Look, all I'm saying is that I bought that bag of candy yesterday and I haven't even opened it yet. So I think, I deserve some kind of reward. Like maybe… a piece of candy?

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 28

(Eating potato chips at 4am) Hmm… maybe I shouldn't store the potato chips here next to my bed.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 25

I just pressed [cook time] [3] [0] [start] on the microwave instead of the [30 seconds] button. I am so sorry for letting you all down like this. I will strive to do better.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 22

Time to make some hot dogs! (Taking the dogs for a walk)

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 19

A very quiet sneeze is a shhneeze.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yes, I did know that.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 10

How many kids in grocery stores only know these characters as cereal mascots?

Box of Cocoa Pebbles cereal featuring Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 7

[2 people have just gotten cups of ice cream from an ice cream shop]

Person 1: This is my favorite flavor! Do you want to try it?
Person 2: Sure!

[Person 1 feeds a scoop of ice cream to Person 2]

[Person 1 has an excited, anticipatory expression as Person 2 contemplates the flavor]

Person 2: Well, I'm glad you like it.

[Person 1 is annoyed and takes this as a personal affront and will hold a grudge against Person 2 and it will build up over time until one day they yell “Oh yeah? Well more for me!” at a completely inappropriate time where the context doesn’t make sense and they will feel silly and start laughing when they try to explain what just happened.]

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · Jun 1

I couldn't believe the loud sound made by the container of counterfeit tennis equipment falling over. It was a real racket racket racket.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 30

I stayed up too late and now need some pre-breakfast. A little bit of an early muncheon. Just a tiny snackerbite.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 26

Imposter Syndrome

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 24

Me: Wow, remember that fun movie I watched hundreds of times as a kid? I wonder if that director made anything else I know.

Wikipedia: This universally panned movie not only destroyed the careers of the director and cast, it lost so much money the studio went out of business.

Me: I see.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 16

I really wanted to get a job adding up all the best flavors of ice cream but it turns out there's no accounting for taste.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 15

I was surprised to learn that there’s no CGI in the HBO intro. It’s all practical elements. youtu.be/wqzihgR_-SI?...

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 2

Sketchbook.

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Chris Hallbeck @chrishallbeck.bsky.social · May 1

It still cracks me up how often I will pick out a podcast to listen to while I work and immediately have to pause it because I'm doing lip sync for the next animation.

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