Merk's Adventure, Part 1

January 5, 2016

Merk So one day I'm out doin' some kickin', right? when this nerd comes runnin' up to me and says hey be careful or whatever! i'm diggin' up stone bones there! i'm like whatta you talkin' about stone bones and he goes we're lookin' for a dinoceros or somethin'! then he's like, all the dinoceroses went stinct and died and we're not sure why! so I feed him one a my signature sandwiches and i says, lemme see these stone bones, i'll figure out why! merk punches the paleontologist who is looking for dinosaur fossils

Part of the Merk's Adventure series.

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