The older you get, the more you learn to see what you’ve been taught to see. When you’re a kid, you see what’s there.
STEVEN WRIGHTShin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.
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I got a new dog. He’s a paranoid retriever. He brings back everything because he’s not sure what I threw him.
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I went for a walk last night and she asked me how long I was going to be gone. I said, ‘The whole time.
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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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Why, in a country of free speech, are there phone bills?
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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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I’m a psychic amnesiac. I know in advance what I’ll forget.
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If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
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If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.
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How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
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I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered.
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You know when you’re sitting on a chair and you lean back so you’re just on two legs and you lean too far so you almost fall over but at the last second you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time.
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I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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