“I stayed in a hotel run by two contortionists. They bent over backwards for me”

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Entry from February 28, 2019

“I stayed in a hotel run by two contortionists. They bent over backwards for me”

Some hotels “bend over backwards” for their guests. “I stayed in a hotel recently run by two contortionists…They bent over backwards to make sure everything was OK…#BadJokeFriday” was posted on Twitter by The Dad Joke Man on August 17, 2018.

Twitter
🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
I stayed in a hotel recently run by two contortionists…
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was OK… #BadJokeFriday
4:03 AM - 17 Aug 2018

Twitter
⚒happy Hammer. ⚒
@brooking1980
I stayed in a hotel recently run by two contortionists…
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was OK…
6:59 AM - 18 Aug 2018 from Harlow, East

Twitter
Andy
@andyaj
I stayed in a hotel recently run by two contortionists…
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was OK…
1:08 PM - 6 Nov 2018

Twitter
🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
I once stayed in a hotel which was run by two contortionists…
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was OK…
2:10 PM - 28 Feb 2019

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Hotels • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • Permalink

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