Subject: Places (Page 30)

The suburbs are where they cut down all the trees and then name streets after them!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

When New Zealanders emigrate to Australia, it raises the average IQ of both countries.

(1921 – 1992) New Zealand prime minister

As you know President Bush is on a tour of Europe; he says he's hoping to see the whole country.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you; if he's not, why embarrass him by asking?

(1901 – 1970) American journalist & author

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

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

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number seventy-nine.

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

I was just vacationing in Amsterdam, where prostitution is legal; let me rephrase that – I was just vacationing in Amsterdam because prostitution is legal.

American comedian & writer

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist

All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

(1880 – 1964) Irish dramatist

What To Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor’s Guide

There are no eccentrics in the suburbs.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

The only place in the world where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

(1897-1962) American writer

Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to just a brass pole.

(1964 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, television host

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

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

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

(1934 – ) writer & editor

Only in America can a homeless combat veteran live in a cardboard box whilst a draft dodger lives in the White House.

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Scotland, the country where they fry the food five times to make sure it’s dead.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician