October 18 2017 Alexa Good Morning (Sarcasm Awareness Month )



 Good Morning! October is Sarcasm Awareness Month. Let's give sarcasm a try. Ready? I only get "a few" requests a day for cat sounds. OK, that's enough sarcasm for the day. I'm not very good at it. Or maybe I'm really really, really good at it.

 

Sarcasm Worksheet (duh) 

 

 



 




 



 

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