Subject: Activities (Page 17)

It keeps me from killing people.

(1933 – ) American singer & songwriter

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Hiking is just walking where it’s ok to pee.

(1973 – ) American comedian

I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

In Swan Lake, I was the lifeguard.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I gotta quit smoking, doctor’s orders… and the drinking, court orders.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Follow seven beers with a couple of Scotches and a thimble of good marijuana, and it's funny how sleep just sort of comes on its own.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist

“Belinda Carlisle sings, ‘We dream the same dream' … but I can’t believe that every night Belinda Carlisle has a wet dream about Wilma Flintstone.

(1964 – ) British comedian, novelist & television presenter

Racehorse: A fast means of redistributing wealth.

I was playing chess with my friend and he said ‘Let’s make this more interesting’ … so we stopped playing chess.

(1980 – ) British comedian

I come from Calcutta: in the UK you drive on the left of the road, in Calcutta we drive on what is left of the road.

Indian comedian

I don't jog; if I die I want to be sick.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

Leisure tends to corrupt, and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely.


One night I was playing poker with tarot cards; I got a full house and four people died.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

(1956 – ) American comedian

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, – meaning “ability to,” and bics, – meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.”

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

As soon as the stewardess serves the coffee, the airliner encounters turbulence.
Davis's Explanation of Roger's Law: Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.