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Jokes spread around the world and embed themselves in our shared culture the most resonant of them get lodged in the language in the same way as clichés or old wives' tales do.

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Jimmy Carr
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 15
Comedian
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James Anthony Patrick Carr
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My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.
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I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.
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I used to buy lottery tickets every week until I realised you could watch it on TV for nothing.
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You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.
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Recently my girlfriend asked me if I was having sex behind her back and I replied, Yes, who did you think it was?
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Once I was doing a sponsored walk. In the end I managed to raise so much money, I could afford a taxi.
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When people come over to my house for dinner, I always have a vegetarian option. They can make do, or they can **** off!
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Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.
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I, of course, don't have an accent. This is just how things sound when they are pronounced properly.
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It had to be hammered home quite a bit because I didn't see any humour in my life at all.
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Remember to never answer a phone during sex, even if you hilariously answer with 'I can't talk now, I'm going into a tunnel'.
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All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.
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But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people, we're the one person facing in the opposite direction - yet we have this overwhelming desire to be liked.
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Viagra has instructions: 'Keep away from children' - what kind of man do you think I am?
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There was one time where I failed to perform sexually. My girlfriend said to me oh don't worry, it happens to a lot of guys. Ok, there are two things wrong with that. First of all who are these other guys?, and second of all if it's happening to more than one of us, don't you think it could be YOUR fault?
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Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!
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I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.
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I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'
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My girlfriend bought a cook book the other day called 'Cheap and easy vegetarian cooking'. Which is perfect for her, because not only is she vegetarian.
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A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.
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