Subject: Things (Page 37)

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Mobile phone cancer is more common in the city; so is everything else, including sex, coffee and conversation.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

One thing that really irritates me is a thousand things.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian, actress & writer

An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

1.6 Million Cherokees Are Recalled

User-Friendly: Of or pertaining to any feature, device or concept that makes perfect sense to its programmer.

Anything hit with a big enough hammer will fall apart.

Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors.

I wish airplanes were more like elementary school with someone up front telling everyone to sit down and shut up.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.

(1934 – 1982) English writer, comedian & actor

When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot,
 then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.

(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

Three weeks ago, she learned how to drive; last week she learned how to aim it.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

The annoying thing about Christmas is running out of batteries because the kids want them for their toys; I’m sorry, but if Christmas is coming – so am I.

(1975 – ) English comedian

An alarm clock is built with a mechanism to scare the daylights into you.

The driver behind you wants to go five miles per hour faster.

I can't tell you his age, but when he was born the wonder drug was Mercurochrome.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets; it seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright

What’s the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? … one is really heavy and the other is a little lighter.


The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Diamond: A woman’s idea of a stepping stone to success.