Subject: Activities (Page 38)

Bargain: A transaction in which each party thinks he has cheated the other.

They say the best exercise takes place in the bedroom; I believe it, because that's where I get the most resistance.

comedian

I was just vacationing in Amsterdam, where prostitution is legal; let me rephrase that – I was just vacationing in Amsterdam because prostitution is legal.

American comedian & writer

When properly administered, vacations do not diminish productivity: for every week you’re away and get nothing done, there’s another when your boss is away and you get twice as much done.

(1869 – 1946) American bridge builder & engineer

Because of acid, I now know that butter is way better than margarine.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Three weeks ago, she learned how to drive; last week she learned how to aim it.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

Anglers think they are divining some primeval natural force by outwitting a fish, a creature that never even got out of the evolutionary starting gate.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

(1894 – 1985) British fiction writer

Three o’clock in the morning, you can get truck tires, falafel and a bag of heroin – in the same store.

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author & actor

Tell him I’ve been too f**king busy – or vice versa.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Smoking is one of leading causes of statistics.

(1911 – 1993) columnist & novelist

At 19 miles, when most runners run out of steam and you hit what they call ‘the wall,’ is the exact moment you cross into the South Bronx; so here, they combine running and fleeing.

(1959 – ) American comedian, comedy writer, actor & author

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

I saw a guy juggling chain saws, it was cool, unless something needed to be sawed down, then it's annoying.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Exercise freaks… are the ones putting stress on the health care system.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host

They don't mind after they find out they don't have to study for it.

American football coach

A libertarian is just a Republican who takes drugs.

(1951 – ) American anarchist writer

I like long walks… especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

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