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Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world
without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because
they'd never expect it.
To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks
of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can
you give me a hand?" You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful,
beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's
carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful
painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.
If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten
lava, let'em go, because, man, they're gone.
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself
in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no
music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.
Probably the earliest fly swatters were nothing more
than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and
get so bummed out that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few
years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway.
Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look
at that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it's made up of two separate words
"mank"and "ind." What do these words mean? It's a mystery and that's why
so is mankind.
If you go flying back through time and you see somebody
else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.
It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have
more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting
there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money.
Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is
right there, in the room talking to you, which is why I don't like to read
good books.
If trees could scream, would we be so
cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time,
for no good reason.
Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The
guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait. I guess
that's like a regular window.
If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean
to poor people, like now.
The face of a child can say it all, especially
the mouth part of the face.
Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand
your rights,even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person
is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door.
If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind
your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the
guy was reading a magazine.
One thing vampire children have to be taught early
on is, don't run with wooden stakes.
Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll
be over here, looking through your stuff.
Sometimes you have to be careful when
selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen
the nickname "Fly Head."Normally you would think that "Fly Head" would
mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through
the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"?
I'm afraid some people might actually think that.
Somebody told me how frightening it was
how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around
the campfire and nobody got scared.
I think a good product would be "Baby
Duck Hat." It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head.
Then you go swimming underwater until you find a mommy duck and her babies,
and you join them. Then all of the sudden, you stand up out of the water
and roar like Godzilla. Man those ducks really take off! Also Baby Duck
Hat is good for parties.
If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're
drinking a beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.
As the light changed from red to green
to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it
nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that
way. --
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