Subject: Places (Page 43)

They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, but if you ask a native American, that number is more like 300 million.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

According to legend, Telford is so dull that the bypass was built before the town.

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like.

American author

Holland lies so low they're only saved by being dammed.

(1799 – 1845) English writer

In America, your work determines your marks; in Soviet Russia, Marx determines your work!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.

(1959 – ) American comedian

Zoo: A place of refuge where wild animals are protected from people.

I bought a new Japanese car, I turned on the radio… I don’t understand a word they’re saying.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I often confuse Americans and Canadians… by using long words.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow Airport for myself.

(1935 – 1994) English writer

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

My uncle's actually from Brooklyn, New York; … instead of saying, 'What time is it?,' he'll say, 'Get outta here – I'm drunk.'

stand-up comedian, writer & actor

I get to go to lots of overseas places… like Canada.

(1981 – ) American singer

I've got to tell you, that's a gorgeous four-and-a-half hour drive in from the airport.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Niagara Falls: The bride’s second great disappointment.

If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

You know how you're going to die, you just don't know when.

comedian

In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.

(1563 – 1608) Italian Catholic priest

I lived in a house that ran on static electricity… if you wanted to run the blender, you had to rub balloons on your head; if you wanted to cook, you had to pull off a sweater real quick.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)