Subject: Problems » Accidents (Page 2)

Accident: When presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.

If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor

I broke a leg one time… spilled coffee all over.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

They're funny things, accidents; you never have them till you're having them.

fictional character from the book series by A. A. Milne

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I spilled spot remover on my dog… he’s gone now.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If most auto accidents happen within five miles of home, why don’t we move ten miles away?

Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into “get a sponge.”

Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it.

(1902 – 1968) novelist

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) – or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it’s the light of the oncoming train.

If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

When the water reaches the upper deck, follow the rats.

New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road; they get run over.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

Yesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car; it wasn’t serious – nobody saw me.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

Bare feet magnetize sharp metal objects so they always point upwards from the floor… especially in the dark.

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

Men still die with their boots on, but usually one boot is on the accelerator.

(1899 – 1995) humorist