Subject: Things (Page 37)

Paper is always strongest at the perforations.

What do batteries run on?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I want to get non-aerosol mace, you just rub it in. "Dude who is attacking me – come a little closer!"

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I Xeroxed a mirror and now I have an extra Xerox machine.


An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up… I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Police radios are the aural equivalent of doctors’ handwriting.

(1933 – 2008) American writer

To attract men, I wear a perfume called New Car Interior.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Things hate people.

No two people in a car can agree on which window should be open… and how much.

You think it's possible for them to design an electric car that doesn't look like a gay spaceship?

(1953 – ) American comedian & writer

People who live in glass houses might as well answer the door.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

(1899 – 1947) American gangster

I lost my mood ring and now I don't how to feel about it.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I had my coathangers spayed.