The birthday voicemail from my mom
A comedian got two birthday emails, but neither was from his mother. That night, he noticed she had left a voicemail.
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The Japanese comedian in the original account recalls a birthday when he hoped to hear from his mother.
Two birthday emails
On my birthday, I got a grand total of two birthday emails.
One was from my comedy partner. The other was from a guy at my old part-time job whom I wasn't even close to.
Nothing from my mother.
I was out for a show that night when I noticed a missed call from her. Maybe she did want to wish me a happy birthday after all. I played the voicemail.
She was furious that I'd left the air conditioner running in my room. Then she told me to drop dead.
On my birthday.
The day people are supposed to celebrate you being born, and my mother tells me to drop dead...
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