You know what scares me? When you have to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenic, just because she lives in your head.
STEVEN WRIGHTWhen 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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On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon’s appointments.
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Why don’t they just make mouse-flavored cat food?
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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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If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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If heat rises, then heaven must be hotter than hell.
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If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
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Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety one?
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Why, in a country of free speech, are there phone bills?
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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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Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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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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Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard? Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
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Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
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If Dracula can’t see his reflection in a mirror, how come his hair is always so neatly combed?
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If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
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No one is listening until you make a mistake.
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I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered.
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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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Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
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Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.
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Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a racist?
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If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
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If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
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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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