Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.
STEVEN WRIGHTWhy do you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery’s dead?
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If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.
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If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
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I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered.
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Half the people you know are below average.
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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
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When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child… eventually.
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Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the postmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
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My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape. I told him, ‘All right; don’t send me a bill until I pay you.’
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The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, ‘Where the hell is my roof?
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It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I’d never even thought about killing myself.
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When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody’s perfect so I stopped practicing.
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Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring… ‘How to Build a Boat.’
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Some friends of mine got me a sweater for my birthday. I’d have preferred a moaner or a screamer, but the sweater was OK.
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