Subject: Animals (Page 10)

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Cats have a scam going – you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that’s the deal.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

Nobody ever committed suicide who had a good two-year-old in the barn.

As she lay there dozing next to me, one voice inside my head kept saying, "Relax… you are not the first doctor to sleep with one of his patients, " but another kept reminding me, "Howard, you are a veterinarian."

A bird in the hand makes blowing your nose difficult.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.

Because he spills his seed on the ground.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

I wonder what goes through [your dog’s] mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.

American writer

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

(1948 – ) English novelist

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Dachshund: An animal half a dog high by a dog and a half long.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I spend three minutes every day choosing a TV channel to leave on for my dog; then I go to work, and people take me seriously as an adult.

American comedian

Any man who hates dogs and babies can’t be all bad.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

You might be a redneck if… you take your dog for a walk and you both use the tree at the corner.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Impeccable Birdfeeding: How to Discourage Scuffling, Hull-dropping, Seed-throwing, Unmentionable Nuisances and Vulgar Chatter at Your Birdfeeder