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 WRIGHTI 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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If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.
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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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Half the people you know are below average.
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Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.
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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
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Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
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My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it’s unbelievably clear.
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
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For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier. I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.
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Why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery’s dead?
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Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard? Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
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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 think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.
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