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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.

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Dave Barry
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 3
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I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were.
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Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.
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Avoid the traffic by using one of the park's shuttle buses and view the elk rut with a park ranger.
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There is nothing as relaxing as being out on the open sea, listening to the waves and the wind and the sails and voices downstairs yelling HOW DO YOU FLUSH THESE TOILETS?
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I want to gag sometimes when I see who we are recommending that people vote for, and not just as a libertarian.
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The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.
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Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.
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In Los Angeles, the jury in the Reginald Denny Beating trial, after much thinking, concludes, that Person A is not necessarily trying to kill Person B just because Person A happens to very deliberately bash Person B's skull in with a brick. The verdict is applauded by scientists at the Tobacco Institute.
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Dear Hotel People: We don't need a cheeseball clock-radio. WE NEED PLACES TO PLUG STUFF IN. Thank you.
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There are no bad haircuts in cyberspace.
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Funny, isn't it? The airlines go to all that trouble to keep you from taking a gun on board, then they just hand you a dinner roll you could kill a musk ox with.
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My son wouldn't go get heroin. If he did or didn't, it wouldn't have anything to do with whether it was legal or illegal.
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Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask whether your country has been inhaling paint-thinner fumes.
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I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.
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The Japanese tend to communicate via nuance and euphemism, often leaving important things unsaid whereas Americans tend to think they're being subtle when they refrain from grabbing the listener by the shirt.
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Alan Zweibel is the funniest writer in the world. He might be even funnier when he's naked, but I'm afraid to find out.
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The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.
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I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.
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Technology is constantly improving our lives. Look at the cellular telephone. Just ten years ago, virtually nobody was able to get into a car crash caused by trying to steer and dial at the same time today, people do this all the time.
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More and more products are coming out in fiercely protective packaging designed to prevent consumers from consuming them. These days you have to open almost every consumer item by gnawing on the packaging.
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