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In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.
Emo Philips
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Emo Philips
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 7
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Stand-Up Comedy
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My girlfriend said, Emo, I'm seeing another man. I said, Well, try rubbing your eyes or something.
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My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?'
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How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
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I've always suffered from a complete inability to sense who's important.
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When I was a kid, my goodness, corporate America was a bunch of stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be serious, and now it's stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be funny.
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I think of my body as a temple. Or at least a relatively well-managed Presbyterian youth center.
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You know what I hate? Indian givers... no, I take that back.
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I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
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I'm not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.
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Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.
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