Subject: Places (Page 36)

When you get a mammogram there, it comes with a two-drink minimum.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

On New Year’s Eve, people in New Jersey stay up ‘til midnight and watch their hopes drop.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

What this world needs is a damned good plague.

We humans do not need to leave Earth to get to a hostile, deadly, alien environment; we already have Miami.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government – and they aren’t going to like it.

(1893 – 1935) U.S. governor & senator (Louisiana)

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

Few things can be less tempting or dangerous than a Greek woman of the age of thirty.

(1789–1844) British traveller & author

It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live.

The country where they invented bacon flavor mouthwash.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine; it is the country with the worst food after Finland.

(1932 – ) French statesman & president

You can go home again – you just can’t stay there.

District of Columbia: A territory bounded on all sides by the United States of America.

Apparently 1 in 3 Britons are conceived in an IKEA bed, which is mad because those places are really well lit

English comedian, writer & actor

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

All politics is local.

In Alaska, we have just two seasons — this winter and next winter.

(1897 – 1991) American Air Force General

There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angeles.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

Which of the Himalayas is the shortest?

comedian

I grew up in Europe… where the history comes from.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor