Subject: Exaggerations (Page 3)

The mosquitoes in Louisiana are so big, they can stand flat foot and screw a chicken!

She is so ugly… when she walked in to Taco Bell, everyone ran for the border.

It was so cold… the kids at school were using flannel notebooks.

His head is so big… he has to step into his shirts.

His car is so expensive that instead of a stereo, Pavaratti takes requests from the back seat.

It was so cold… pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers' pockets to keep warm.

He is so fat… I had to take a train and two buses just to get on his good side.

It was so cold… flashers were just describing themselves.

He is so stupid… mind readers charge him half price.

It was so cold… we didn't clean the house – we just defrosted it.

It is so hot… chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs.

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

He is so fat… his high school graduation picture was an aerial photograph.

It is so hot… I saw a squirrel fanning his nuts.

He is so fat… he can't even jump to a conclusion.

She is so ugly… when she gets up, the sun goes down.

It is so hot… I saw two trees fighting over a dog.

So dry the catfish are carrying canteens.

He is so fat… when his beeper goes off, people think he's backing up.

She is so old… she's in God's year book.

She is so old… her dreams are in black and white.