Subject: Things (Page 25)

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

(1948 – ) English novelist

If you find something you like buy a lifetime supply – they’re going to stop making it.

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

There’s an unseen force which lets birds know when you’ve just washed your car.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

You might be a redneck if… you've ever cut your grass and found a car.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

The bathtub was invented in 1850 and the telephone in 1875 … In other words, if you had been living in 1850, you could have sat in the bathtub for 25 years without having to answer the phone.

(1902 – 1982) American professional baseball executive & club owner

I locked my keys in the car the other day…. but it was alright, I was still inside.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

My father only hit me once – but he used a Volvo.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.

(1940 – ) Italian-American auto racer

I bought some batteries, but they weren’t included, so I had to buy them again.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I bought some used paint… it was in the shape of a house.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The most delicate component will be dropped.

Only at the start/re-start of a DIY job do you realise the need to return to your toolbox/shed to retrieve another tool.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Facetime fulfills a secret human desire: to mostly look at yourself while talking to other people.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

You might be a redneck if… you have the electronic singing fish in more than three rooms in your house.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.
2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.

Power outage at a department store yesterday, twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

comedian

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter