ISSUE: 193
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
- Socrates
BITS AND PIECES

Good Question(s)


  • Why does your gynecologist leave the room when you get undressed?
  • Why can't women put on mascara with their mouths closed?
  • Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say, 'My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic'?
  • Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
  • Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
  • Why does mineral water that has trickled through mountains for centuries have an expiration date?
  • Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no one would eat?
  • Is French kissing in France just called kissing?
  • What do people in China call their good plates?
  • Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?
  • If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
  • If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
  • Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure.
  • Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out of the window?

    -Peter Kay & Peter Drake


    Peter Kay's Universal Truths


  • Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.
  • At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.
  • Reading when you're drunk is horrible.
  • Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.
  • Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.
  • Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly.
  • Old women with mobile phones look wrong.
  • Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.
  • Old ladies can eat more than you think.
  • You can't respect a man who carries a dog.
  • There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got your hand or head stuck in something.
  • You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with.
  • Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal his or her nose.
  • Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

    Definitionally


  • Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
  • A backward poet writes inverse.
  • A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
  • Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
  • Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
  • Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
  • A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
  • A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
  • Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
  • Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
  • Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
  • When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
  • A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
  • What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
  • In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.
  • She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.
  • A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
  • If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
  • With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
  • When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
  • The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
  • You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
  • A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.
  • A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
  • He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
  • A plateau is a high form of flattery.
  • A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.
  • Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
  • Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
  • Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
  • Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
  • Acupuncture is a jab well done.
  • Every calendar's days are numbered.


  • More in the section:
    On Mistakes ("screw-ups")
    Tax Cuts - A Simple Lesson In Economics

    Read also previous issue' articles:
    The $5,000 Loan
    Last Words
    The Water Cooler
    Pyrohies
    Home Improvement
    Too many Questions



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