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A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.

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Dave Barry
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 3
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What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful death in North America, or Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II.
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By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker.
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There's tremendous pressure, if you're in that [goverment] system, to be involved and be interested and to care about it. There's no room to say, This is stupid.
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My wife, like many women, actually LIKES wrapping things. If she gives you a gift that requires batteries, she wraps the batteries separately, which to me is very close to being a symptom of mental illness.
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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
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As you know, birds do not have sexual organs because they would interfere with flight.
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To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life.
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People are afraid to own their own homes. People are afraid their own government will catch them fixing their houses.
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And to you taxpayers out there, let me say this: Make sure you file your tax return on time! And remember that, even though income taxes can be a 'pain in the neck,' the folks at the IRS are regular people just like you, except that they can destroy your life
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Of course God enjoys a good prank as much as the next infallible deity.
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AARP is a large and powerful organization, similar to the Mafia but more concerned about dietary fiber.
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Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.
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What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
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I called a company and asked to speak to Bob. The person who answered said, Bob is on vacation. Would you like to hold?
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I'm afraid that, in this chapter we must talk about sex in a very explicit manner, because we want to expand the Frontiers of Human Understanding and also we want to sell as many books as possible to adolescent boys.
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The easiest way to make a fruitcake is to buy a darkish cake, then pound some old, hard fruit into it with a mallet. Be sure to wear safety glasses.
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