Subject: Situations (Page 49)

A plastic surgeon's office the only place where no one gets offended when you pick your nose!

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

An actor enters through a door, you've got nothing; but if he enters through a window, you've got a situation.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

If I saw you hitchhiking, I’d smile and return your thumb’s up, just for you doing such a great job of being a positive roadside influence.

(1982 – ) American author

I accidentally walked in on my roommate and his girlfriend having sex; fortunately they didn't see me for almost 10 minutes.

American comedian

If at first you don't succeed, try try again… then quit; there's no use being a damn fool about it.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If something's neither here nor there, where the hell is it?

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

A window of opportunity for me usually involves a rock.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

A day without sunshine is like… well, night.

I like to play chess with bald men in the park, although it's hard to find 32 of them.

(1956 – ) American comedian

It looks like we’re up chocolate creek without a Popsicle stick!

cartoon character in Shrek 2 (Conrad Vernon)

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.


Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.


Anyone who says, 'You had to be there,' should just not have told you the thing in the first place because it's not funny.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

For every set of horseshoes human beings use for luck, somewhere in this world there’s a barefoot horse.

(1924 – 1973) American comic

How come Miss Universe is only won by people from Earth?

(1976 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Never accept a ride from a stranger unless he gives you candy.


He never seemed to be doing anything, and yet he did not like to be disturbed at it.

(1807 – 1892) American poet & advocate of the abolition of slavery

Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

(1906 – 1982) baseball player

If you're watchin' a parade, make sure you stand in one spot, don't follow it, it never changes.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Good work, Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet