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OldMeg Thu 12-Apr-18 11:07:41

Some pretty heavy threads on GN at the moment leaving me feeling rather down. Thinking if others are feeling the same, especially this dready, great morning perhaps these silly quotes from the comedian Steven Wrightbmight raise a smile?

The Quotes of Steven Wright:
1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.
3 - Half the people you know are below average.
4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend, ..... But she left me before we met.
12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?
13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.
19 - I intend to live forever ... So far, so good.
20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name
25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

gillybob Thu 12-Apr-18 23:27:09

Funnily enough I’ve got number 25 on my office wall at work. Speaks volumes.

gillybob Thu 12-Apr-18 23:27:53

I’m gonna add number 31 tomorrow !

MissAdventure Thu 12-Apr-18 23:44:04

So I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said "Analogue." I said "No, just a watch."

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"

So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."

rascal Fri 13-Apr-18 17:03:50

Oh these are all do good! Thank you everyone. grin

1974cookie Fri 13-Apr-18 17:18:58

I saw this sticker on the back of a VW camper.

You may get there first, but I have beer in the fridge !

MissAdventure Fri 13-Apr-18 17:23:24

So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything."

MissAdventure Fri 13-Apr-18 17:25:55

I was having dinner with my boss and his wife and she said to me, "How many potatoes would you like Tim?". I said "Ooh, I'll just have one please". She said "It's OK, you don?t have to be polite" "Alright" I said "I'll just have one then, you stupid cow"

Grannyparkrun Fri 13-Apr-18 17:52:10

Loving these, thanks for starting the thread Oldmeg, I was also feeling dragged down by the subject matter of a previous post.
How about some daft one liners by Stewart Francis:
Here goes...
'So what if I can't spell Armaggeddon? It's not the end of the world...'

'I like what mechanics wear...overall'

'I used to be in a band called Missing Cat. You probably saw our posters.'

'I'm not a competitive person, I'll be the first to admit it.'

'My girlfriend says that I'm afraid of commitment...well she's not my girlfriend, more of a wife..'

Oh, have I already done my Deja-vu joke?

aquagran Fri 13-Apr-18 18:24:18

Tim Vine... Sex in a multi storey car park.
Wrong on so many levels!

pollyperkins Fri 13-Apr-18 20:31:30

I think the Tim Vine ones are very funny. I love good one liners . Lee Mack is also very good -especially in Just Going Out which I think he writes or co-writes. Tim Vine was in that too at one time I think? Brother of Jeremy I believe.

Grannyknot Thu 19-Apr-18 07:51:12

grin

Situpstraight Thu 19-Apr-18 08:25:55

I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows to high, she seemed surprised......
What happened when a ship carrying red paint and a ship carrying blue paint crashed into an island? the sailors were marooned.
Parallel lines have so much in common, it’s a shame they’ll never meet.
My wife accused me of being immature, I told her to get out of my fort.

wot Sat 21-Apr-18 18:24:34

A man went into a chemist shop and asked for a deodorant. The assistant asked ",ball or aerosol?" He replied " neither, I want it for my underarms"

Chewbacca Sat 21-Apr-18 18:35:49

grin

pensionpat Sat 21-Apr-18 18:37:55

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous