Subject: Things (Page 15)

The first requisite of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.

If only two cars are left in a vast parking lot, one will be blocking the other.

Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The advantage of origami is twofold…

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

Any program will expand to fill available memory.

An object will fall so as to do the most damage.

Have you ever noticed nobody has ever ordered a grapefruit the size of a tumor? … ever… there’s no reciprocity.


When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I’m very conflicted by eye tests… I want to get the answers right but I really want to win the glasses.

British comedian, writer, actor & podcaster

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio; if all the stations are rock ‘n’ roll, there’s a good chance the transmission is shot.

(1940 – ) American radio disc jockey

Why are there no “during” pictures?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Nature abhors a vacuum… and so do I.

American cartoonist & greeting card illustrator

You might be a redneck if… your coffee table used to be a cable spool.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

Remember to never answer a phone during sex, even if you hilariously answer with, ‘I can’t talk now, I’m going into a tunnel.'

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

Highways in the worst need of repair naturally have low traffic counts, which results in low priority for repair work.

Ever drive by one of those things on the highway which tells you how fast you’re going?… I don’t even pay attention to them anymore because I found a similar gadget in my dashboard

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

People that drive a gas-guzzling SUV and they put a flag on it – that's like a whore wearing a rosary.

comedian, television host & actor

1. If you can get to the faulty part, you won't have the tool to get it off. 2. If you can get the part off, the parts house will have it back ordered. 3. If it's in stock, it didn't need replacing in the first place.