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Jimmy Carr
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 15
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James Anthony Patrick Carr
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The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't put a price on two bronze medals in cycling.
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I think they got it wrong with Saddam Hussein. They thought he had the A-Bomb. Instead he had a bomb.
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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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Viagra has instructions: 'Keep away from children' - what kind of man do you think I am?
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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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British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!
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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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Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh.
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When I was a kid I had an imaginary friend and I used to think that he went everywhere with me, and that I could talk to him and that he could hear me, and that he could grant me wishes and stuff. And then I grew up, and I stopped going to church.
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When you eat a lot of spicy food, you can lose your taste. When I was in India last summer, I was listening to a lot of Michael Bolton.
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Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!
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I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.
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I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.
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I don't see myself as offending people.
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The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.
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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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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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I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought the obvious one was 'Shout For Help'.
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Boxers don't have sex before a fight. Do you know why that is? They don't fancy each other.
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Saying that you don't believe in magic but do believe in god is a bit like saying you don't have sex with dogs, except labradors.
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