Subject: Things (Page 8)

When you have a fat friend there are no see-saws… only catapults.

(1973 – ) American comedian

You're never too poor for good toilet paper.

comedian

I'm the only person I know of who's ever been pulled over for attempted speeding.

(1959 – ) American comedian

Telephone: A contrivance for letting us talk to people whom we don’t want to meet.

If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

The snapshots you take of your husband are always more flattering than the ones he takes of you.

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

An unbreakable toy is good for breaking other toys.

1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.
2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.

If you use the electric vibrator near water, you may come and go at the same time.


Chatterbox: Another name for a telephone booth.

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.

(1947 – ) radio broadcaster & host

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.

(1925 – 2005) television host

I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall; if I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it, so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

If your wife wants to learn to drive, don’t stand in her way.

(1911 – 1980) humorist, writer, television host & journalist

I love that smell of the emissions!

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a handgun than a packet of cigarettes.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

You never find anything until you replace it.

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

(1899 – 1947) American gangster

A bird in the hand makes blowing your nose difficult.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author