Subject: Appearance (Page 34)

Anatomy: Something that everyone has, but it looks better on a girl.

After I told my wife that black underwear turned me on, she didn't wash [mine] for a month.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

No matter what time of year it’s always funny when a person walks by me dressed in religious garb and I say Happy Halloween!

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

He's grinning like a possum eating a persimmon.

There is nothing so unbecoming on the beach as a wet kilt.

The maitre d’hotel of a smart hotel: I am sorry, sir, but you have no necktie.
Groucho: That’s all right, don’t be sorry. I remember the time I had no pants.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Elizabeth Taylor was so fat that whenever she went to London in a red dress, 30 passengers would try to board her.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Abdomen: A bowl-shaped cavity containing the organs of indigestion.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

When you wear new shoes for the first time, everyone will step on them.

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

My New Year’s resolution is to get in shape… I choose round.

(1975 – ) English comedian

I said to my husband, ‘My boobs have gone, my stomach’s gone, say something nice about my legs;’ he said, ‘Blue goes with everything.’

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I lent a friend of mine $10,000 for plastic surgery and now I don’t know what he looks like.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Underwear: An article of clothing which, when kept clean, ensures the wearer will never have an accident.

When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

No matter what I do, I cannot lose this 18 pounds… I mean I have tried everything short of diet and exercise.

American stand-up comedian

Fashion: Something that goes out of style as soon as most people have one.

I was so ugly, my mother breast fed me through a straw.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor