Subject: Things (Page 34)

I think hair gel was invented to make it easier to identify assholes from a distance.

(1973 – ) American comedian

I would imagine the inside of a bottle of cleaning fluid is really clean… I would imagine a vodka bottle is really drunk.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

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

I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

My VCR flashes 01:35, 01:35, 01:35, …

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Boomerangs: They're making a comeback!

Antique: Something too old to be anything but too expensive.

The accessibility, during recovery of small parts which fall from the work bench, varies directly with the size of the part and inversely with its importance to the completion of the work underway.

If my kid couldn’t draw I’d make sure that my kitchen magnets didn’t work.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I Xeroxed a mirror and now I have an extra Xerox machine.


Can we go back to using Facebook for what it was originally for – looking up exes to see how fat they got?

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

You might be a redneck if… the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Remember folks, stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

If you don’t know a light bulb is a three-way light bulb, it messes with your head. You reach to turn it off, and it just gets brighter! That’s the exact opposite of what I wanted you to do!

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce – instantly.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Science has always been too dignified to invent a good backscratcher.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

You do not need to put an Obama sticker on a Prius… we get it.


I put hardwood floors on top of wall-to-wall carpet.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer