Subject: Activities (Page 26)

I never smoke grass and drive my car because, for one thing, no matter how many letters I write to the road commissions, they still refuse to start designing highways with second-chance exits.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

I did a sponsored walk once…. in the end, I’d managed to raise so much money, I could afford a taxi.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

Exercise: The joy of flex.

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

You ever go shopping for a really cute, little, sexy black dress – and you come home with an extra-large pepperoni pizza?


The game [of poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.

(1920 – 2000) American actor

Angler: A man who spends rainy days sitting around on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won’t let him do it at home.

Fishing: A delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Me and my dad used to play tag, he’d drive!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I just got out of the hospital… I had my mother removed from my back.

comedian & television writer

When I was in high school, a “drive-by shooting” meant someone had their rear end hanging out a car window!

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I’m eighteen years behind on my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Jamaican Air – Every flight is the red-eye!

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor

My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off!

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

People tell me how hard it is to stop smoking; I think it’s about as hard as it is to start flossing.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.

Childish Games: Those at which your wife beats you.