Subject: Activities (Page 9)

The first time you go out after your wife’s birthday, you will see the gift you gave her marked down fifty percent.
Corollary: If she’s with you, she’ll assume you chose it because it was cheap.

There ain’t no way to find out why a snorer can’t hear himself snore.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

There is only one thing worse than dreaming you are at a conference and waking to find that you are at a conference, and that is the conference where you can't fall asleep.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

(1878 – 1969) clergyman

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

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

You give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but you teach a man to fish and you’ve saved yourself a fish haven’t you?”

(1968 – ) English comedian & actor

If your husband has difficulty getting to sleep, the words ‘we need to talk about our relationship’ may help.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

My dad drives so slow that when we’re on the highway, Amish people give us the finger.

comedian

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

(1912 – 1977) German-born rocket engineer

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

I just hope we find a cure for every major disease, because I am tired of walking 5Ks.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Bargain: anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

(1911 – ) American editor & writer

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

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

What is the big deal about trainspotters… I counted 27 of the losers today.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Straight down the middle. No hook, no spin, no fuss. Anything more and this becomes figure skating.

(1970 – ) American actor, writer & carpenter

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

The remaining distance to your chosen campsite remains constant as twilight approaches.