Subject: Places (Page 21)

Terrible tragedy in the South Seas… three million people trapped alive!

(1947 – ) New Zealand cartoonist

America's attic.

(1915 – 1979) English-born Canadian poet

I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.


(1885 – 1945) U.S. Army general

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real, but the moon landing was faked.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Mason-Dixon Line: A geographical division between “you all” and “youse guys.”

I married a German; every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian

Take a cruise down to the Virgin’s Island.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

The United States is like the guy at the party who gives cocaine to everyone and still nobody likes him.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.

(1937 – ) American actress, writer, political activist, & fitness exponent

Ellen Page says that the sexism in Hollywood is constant; you might remember her from her movie Juno, where she played a mouthy chick with no tits.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

A hospital is no place to be sick.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

We know Jesus can’t have been English; he is always wearing sandals, but never with socks.

(1958 – 2006) English radio performer, stand-up comic & writer

They've great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

In Los Angeles, by the time you’re 35, you’re older than most of the buildings.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

Spain's new Prime Minister … announced he will soon call back Spain's 1300 troops from Iraq… meaning the coalition of the willing is fast turning into a duet of the stubborn.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher