Subject: Miscellaneous (Page 4)

It’s funny how two simple words, “I promise,” will stall people for a while.

He's as country as a bowl of grits.

A near man with a dollar

If I lived back in the olden days, and the doctor put leeches on me, I’d tell him to put them on my face, in the shape of a beard, so I could see how I’d look.

Too mean for Jesus, too dumb for the Devil

Don’t ever get your speedometer confused with your clock, like I did once, because the faster you go, the later you think you are.

Warning to all outer-space guys: you can capture me and put me in your “space zoo” if you like, but I will sit way in the back of my cage, where it’s hard to see me; and when I do come out, I won’t be wearing any pants.

After such an introduction, I can hardly wait to hear what I’m going to say.

(1909 – 1977) British journalist

This ain't my first rodeo.

I don’t do quagmires.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense

Now that’ll throw yer hat in the creek.

You'll go to hell for lyin' just as fast as fer stealin' chickens.

… as clumsy as a blind dog in a meat house.

One foot in the grave and another on a banana peel

Be like the old lady who fell out of the wagon.

He don’t use his kindlin’ to get a fire started.

I think they should continue the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling.

I’d shake his hand, but I think that’s what’s holding up his pants.

(1961 – ) American comedian, actor & talk show host

If you're in a boxing match, try not to let the other guy's glove touch your lips, because you don't know where that glove has been.

She will have to walk behind the angels – and she won’t like that.

(1841 – 1910) King of the United Kingdom

If Alien was my friend, I'd like to be with him when he went to the dentist. When they started drilling, he'd probably go nuts and start eating everybody. That Alien!