Subject: Activities (Page 37)

Let crack and heroin be manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies, that way nobody can afford them.

American comedian & writer

Detour: Something that lengthens your mileage, diminishes your gas, and strengthens your vocabulary.

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

comedian & television writer

The boomarang is Australia’s chief export (and then import.)

(1973 – ) American comedian

I love Mexico because it’s a giant dollar store.

(1965 – ) American comedian

My friend has difficulty sleeping, but I can do it with my eyes closed.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

You call this a party? The beer is warm, the women cold and I’m hot under the collar.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

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

(1980 – ) British comedian

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

I ran three miles today… finally I said, ‘Lady take your ‘purse.'

(1956 – ) American comedian

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs… like custom officers.

(1961 – ) English standup comedian, actor & writer

I also smoke a lot of pot… occasionally… every day.

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

Fish: An animal that grows fastest between the time it is caught and the time a fisherman describes it to his friends.

I would like to go fishing and catch a fishstick… that would be convenient.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it’s no place actually to get any work done.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

I think Foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

The hardest part about rollerblading is telling your parents you’re gay.

(1983 – ) American comedian & actor

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time; the man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)